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Revision as of 10:37, 3 June 2019
Key Stage 4
Meaning
A sensory neuron is a specialsed cell in the nervous system which transmits an electrical impulse to the central nervous system.
About Sensory Neurons
- Sensory neurons transmit the electrical impulse produced by the receptor cells to the relay neurons in the spinal cord.
- The receptor cells sends an electrical impulse into the dendrites, past the cell body, down the axon and to the synapse where the sensory neuron connects to a relay neuron.
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| A diagram of a sensory neuron. |
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| A diagram of the reflex arc showing the sensory neuron in yellow. |