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Edexcel B1 nervous system

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What are the different parts in a neurone?   show
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show Motor neurones have very long axons but sensory neurones have shorter ones  
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What are dendrites?   show
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What do neurones do?   show
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What is CNS?   show
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show sensory neurone  
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show motor neurone  
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show light, sound, heat, touch  
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What receptor would detect light?   show
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show receptors that detect changes in body temperature  
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show involuntary aka automatic aka reflex response  
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Why are reflex/involuntary responses when we touch something hot, so important?   show
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show changes to the environment  
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What organ controls involuntary response?   show
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Describe the of a voluntary response when you want to pick up a pen   show
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show you need to see the pen, so LIGHT is the stimulus  
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show the muscles in your arm  
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When you pick up a pen, what is the response?   show
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What is the name of the gap between two neurones?   show
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What is the myelin sheath?   show
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What are the chemical messengers that carry the signal across synapses?   show
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show as the electrical impulse arrives at the end of 1st neurone, the neurotransmitter is released;neurotransmitter travels across synapse;neurotransmitter attaches to the 2nd neurone and triggers electrical impulse  
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Describe how the reflex arc works   show
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show ReSeReMoEf (REceptor;SEnsory neurone;RElay neurone;MOtor neurone;EFfector)  
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