Nerves that branch from brains and spinal cord to whole body
Neurons: nurve cells that is the structure & function of the nervous system
Neurons are composed of :
Sensory neuron: Nerve cell that sends messages to brain
Sensory neurons pick up physical feeling = heat, cold wind, and the taste of food then send it to the brain
The brain signals to get away form the heat, eat more tasty food, or to move a muscle and the motor neurons send that message as impulse or reflex.
A reflex action is an involuntary action where a impulse is interpreted and responded to immediately.
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Created with images by MikeBlogs - "neurons" • Biblioteca Rector Machado y Nuñez - "Nerves of the Human Body" • IsaacMao - "Brain" • NICHD NIH - "Mouse neurons" • taylortotz101 - "neuron" • Functional Neurogenesis - "new neuron, new ???" • Minor Prophet - "Fire" • saaleha - "Jamie Oliver's Bloomin' Brilliant Brownies" • Donations_are_appreciated - "mill windmill wind" • digitalbob8 - "digital-drugs-binaural-beat" • bfleeson - "computer chips c" • Stevebidmead - "runners male sport" • ToddMcCann - "Seat belt lock" • casey.marshall - "Wine"