Nerve cells

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Nerve cells are neurones. There are 3 types of neurones:

  1. sensory - carries impulses from the receptor to the spinal cord
  2. motor - carries the impulse to the effector (muscle or gland)
  3. relay - the sensory and the motor neuron

Communication via the nervous system is rapid and localised, however may be short lived if stimulus is not continuous. 

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