About how many neurons are in the human brain.
100 billion
The information carried by neuronsto the brain are called.
Nerve Impulses
Part of the Neurons which receive and carry information toward the cell body.
Dendrites
Part of the Neurons also called Soma, which contain the nucleus.
Cell body
Long, taillike fiber that extends from the cell body – carries messages away from the cell body.
Axons
The message-carrying unit of the nervous system.
Neurons
The Gap between neurons and are essential to the transmission of nervous impulses from one neuron to another.
Synapse
The control system of all body activities.
Nervous System
Type of neurons that are called efferent, transmit impulses from the brain and spinal cord to the effector cells, which may be those muscles, organs, glands.
Motor Neurons
Type of neurons that are found within brain and spinal cord, process incoming impulses and pass them on to motor neurons.
Interneurons
Type of neurons that are called afferent neurons because their function is to receive initial stimuli from the sense organs, where most of the receptors are located.
Sensory Neurons