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Sensory receptors - ️️sensory nerve ending that responds to a stimulus in the internal or external environment of an organism Neuron - ️️a specialized cell transmitting nerve impulses; a nerve cell Sensory neurons - ️️a neuron conducting impulses inwards to the brain or spinal cord Motor neurons - ️️a nerve cell forming part of a pathway along which impulses pass from the brain or spinal cord to a muscle or gland Interneurons - ️️a neuron that transmits impulses between other neurons, especially as part of a reflex arc Synapse - ️️a junction between two nerve cells, consisting of a minute gap across which impulses pass by diffusion of a neurotransmitter Dendrite (receive) - ️️a short branched extension of a nerve cell, along which impulses received from other cells at synapses are transmitted to the cell body. Axon (relay) - ️️the long threadlike part of a nerve cell along which impulses are conducted from the cell body to other cells Myelin sheath - ️️a fatty white substance that surrounds the axon of some nerve cells, forming an electrically insulating layer