THE NERVE CELL

CELL PARTS

FUNCTIONS

• They have nerve fibres or axons that carry nerve signals
• Sensory nerves which carry messages to the brain
• Allows us to react to a stimulus
• They conduct electrical impulses away from the neurons body.

The organ the cell is found in is the brain and spinal cord.

The nerve cell is found in the dorsal root gangila

FUN FACTS

• There are more nerve cells in the brain than there are stars in the milky way
• There are 100 billion neurons in your brain alone
• The left side of the brain controls the right the right controls the left
• A new born baby losses half of its nerve cells before they are born