neurons

Question 1

motor/effector neuron

Answer 1

carry nerve impulses from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands.

Question 2

inter neurons

Answer 2

carry nerve impulses back and forth between sensory and motor neurons.

Question 3

sensory receptor neurons

Answer 3

carry nerve impulses from tissues and organs to the spinal cord and brain. More on the somatosensory pathways here!

Question 4

soma

Answer 4

the body of a neuron

Question 5

dendrite

Answer 5

Type of process that receives impulses passed on from other neurons

Question 6

axon

Answer 6

Type of process that carries impulses away from the cell’s body

Question 7

synapse

Answer 7

• synapse cleft is the small space in between each neuron where neurotransmitters are released to pass on impulses