Relay Neurons

• Where are they located?

  Within the brain and spinal cord
• What is its purpose?

  To relay information across the nervous system
• What does it allow?

  Sensory and motor neurons to communicate wit each other
• What makes up a relay neuron?

  Cell body, dendrites, axon and pre-synaptic terminal
• What is a pre-synaptic terminal?


  An electrical signal being turned into a chemical signal
• What type of cell is a relay neuron?

  Glial cell