SENSORY - The _____________ neuron receives information from a receptor., MOTOR - A ____________ neuron carries a message from the brain to the part of the body which will respond., INTERNEURONS - ____________ link sensory and motor neurons., DENDRITE - Thin branches that receive information from receptors and other neurons., AXON - The nerve fibre that carries the message away from the cell body towards the synapse., MYELIN - The axon is covered on a __________ sheath that insulates the nerve so that messages are transmitted efficiently., SYNAPSE - The gap between neurons., NEUROTRANSMITTERS - Chemicals that drift out of the synaptic terminal and to the dendrites of the next neuron, transferring electrical messages., EFFECTOR - The part of the body that causes the response to a stimulus. It is often a muscle., STIMULUS - A change in the environment that will cause an organism to respond., CELL BODY - Also called the soma it contains the nucleus and controls the function of the neuron., RECEPTOR - A structure that receives stimuli.,

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