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  • Neurones are nerve cells, two main types are sensory and motor neurones; relay neurones (interneurons only in CNS with many short dendrites and single short axon) are important in reflex actions
  • Reflex Arc: How neurones are organised; automatic, innate, protect from harm, it is neurone sequence rapidly transmitting impulses to cause a reflex response;
    • Cell-Signalling: Stimulus > Receptor > Communication > Effector > Response > Pathway
  • Nerve structure
    • Nerve is an axon bundle surrounded by connective tissue covering, it is similar to an electrical cable with lots of electrical wires in it
    • Sensory nerve contains only sensory neurone axons, motor nerve contains only motor neurone axons and a mixed nerve contains both sensory and motor axons