Neuron structure & classification

What is one of the two main cell types in the nervous system?

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Determine if the message that these nerves sent is a sensory or a motor message:

I smell coffee

• Sensory message

• Motor message

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Determine if the message that these nerves sent is a sensory or a motor message:

I am writing with my pencil

• Sensory message

• Motor message

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Determine if the message that these nerves sent is a sensory or a motor message:

I am stretching my fingers until they pop

• Sensory message

• Motor message

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Determine if the message that these nerves sent is a sensory or a motor message:

I feel the dirt on my skin

• Sensory message

• Motor message

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NGSS.MS-LS1-8

Determine if the message that these nerves sent is a sensory or a motor message:

I feel the smooth surface of my paper

• Sensory message

• Motor message

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-8

What part of the neuron am I: I contain crucial organelles for life, and I am also known as the soma.

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What part of the neuron am I: I am a helper cell in the peripheral nervous system (PNS) who producing the myelin sheaths.

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What part of the neuron am I: the gaps between each of the myelin sheaths that the action potential jumps to.

(a)  

What part of the neuron am I: I am the short projections/arms on a neuron that receive electrical impulses from neighboring neurons.

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