Adaptations of neurons
Nerve cells are called Another term for a nerve cell that is specialised to transmit electrical impulses.. They are adapted to carry electrical impulses from one place to another.
A bundle of neurons is called a The specialised tissues that connect receptors to the CNS and the CNS to the effectors..
- a long fibre (The long part of a nerve cell along which the electrical signal quickly moves.) so they can carry messages up and down the body over long distances
- in a stimulated neuron, an electrical Electrical signals that travel along the nerve fibre from one end of the nerve cell to the other. passes along the axon
- the axon is insulated by a fatty (myelin) sheath. The fatty sheath increases the speed of the nerve impulses along the neuron
- at each end of the neuron are tiny branches (Extensions found at the end of a nerve cell.), which branch even further into Small extensions found on the end of dendrons that connect one neuron to another.. The dendrites receive incoming nerve impulses from other neurons.
A motor neuron