burner, ignoring the somatic reflex. Some people have done things like this, but most of us haven't got that level of willpower (or ‘stupidity’)! Type of Location Function Length of Picture fibres Neuron Cell body and dendrite Conducts the impulse are outside of spinal to the SPINAL SENSORY Long dendrite cord. The cell body is CORD located in a DORSAL NEURON Axon ROOT GANGLION RECEPTOR No fibres Peripheral part of Detects stimuli that Stretch The body; such as skin surpass a threshold. receptor in the of the sensory alveoli neuron Initiates the impulse Pain receptor in the skin Short dendrite Entirely within the Interconnects the INTERNEURON spinal cord (or Central sensory neuron with Long or Nervous an appropriate motor Axon neuron NEURON dendrite Dendrites and the cell Conducts the impulse body are located in the towards an spinal cord; the axon EFFECTOR Long Axon is outside of the spinal cord EFFECTOR No fibres Peripheral part of A muscle The Causes the response body; such as muscles causing of the motor neuron around a joint movement A causing secretion
burner, ignoring the somatic reflex. Some people have done things like this, but most of us haven't got that level of willpower (or ‘stupidity’)! Type of Neuron Length of fibres Location Function Picture SENSORY NEURON Long dendrite Axon Cell body and dendrite are outside of spinal cord. The cell body is located in a DORSAL ROOT GANGLION Conducts the impulse to the SPINAL CORD The RECEPTOR of the sensory neuron No fibres Peripheral part of body; such as skin Detects stimuli that surpass a threshold. Initiates the impulse Stretch receptor in the alveoli Pain receptor in the skin INTERNEURON Short dendrite Long or Axon Entirely within the spinal cord (or Central Nervous Interconnects the sensory neuron with an appropriate motor neuron NEURON dendrite Long Axon Dendrites and the cell body are located in the spinal cord; the axon is outside of the spinal cord Conducts the impulse towards an EFFECTOR The EFFECTOR of the motor neuron No fibres Peripheral part of body; such as muscles around a joint Causes the response A muscle causing movement A causing secretion
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