Neurons

What are the Neurons?

• Units that constitute the nervous system.

• Units that constitute the brain tissue.

• Blocks of tissue that constitute the endocrine system.

• Blocks or tissues that constitute the organs of the body system.

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3

What is the name of the part of the neuron that is pointed out in the image?

• Myelin sheaths

• Cell Body (Soma)

• Axon

• Dendrites

What is the function of the nerve cells?

• They are responsable of your defense mechanism.

• They transmit signals or messages to other neurons, organs or glands.

• They transmit substances to your endocrine system to produce hormones.

What is the name of the part of the neuron that is pointed out in the image?

• Myelin Sheats

• Axon

• Dendrites

• Cell Body (Soma)

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-2

_____ neurons carry messages from your periphery to the central nervous system

• Motor/efferent

• Sensory/afferent

_____ neurons carry messages away from the central nervous system and out to muscles or glands. The RED neuron in diagram.

• sensory

• motor

• inter

• central

Different neurons have different amounts of processes that leave its cell body. Match the following.

• Have many processes

• Unipolar neuron

• Have one process

• Multipolar neurons

• Have two processes

• Bipolar neurons

The 3 types of neurons are....​

.​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• sensory

• motor

• interneurons

• planarian

• endoskeleton

What is the name of the part of the neuron that is pointed out in the image?

• Myelin Sheats

• Cell Body (Soma)

• Dendrites

• Axon

The neuron's life support that contains the nucleus is:

• Soma

• Dendrites

• Myelin Sheaths

• Axon