The neurone

Learning objectives:
• Explain how the neurone is adapted for its
function
Learning Outcomes
• Label a neurone using key words e.g. axon,
mylein sheath, dendrites
• Describe the role of a neurone/nerve cell in
the nervous system. Name three examples of
neurone

• Explain how the neurone is adapted to its

function
 Elicit
How is this cell the
same as an animal cell?
Different to an animal
cel?

Think – Pair – Share

 How fast are electrical signals?
The brain can respond to touch, smell or taste stimuli in just 0.1 seconds, but
sound and vision take longer.

Nerve impulses
travel at up to 320
mph and take just
0.02 seconds to
reach the brain.

Engage
Initiate
 What are neurones?
Neurones are specialized cells that conduct electrical impulses
through the body.

A nerve is a bundle of many nerve fibres

enclosed within a protective sheath. Nerve
fibres are the long axons of neurones together
with any associated tissues.

nerve

nerve fibre
Make a model neurone
- work in groups of 4 Explore
- use the resources available to create a poster and
model

- you will be judged according to our success criteria:

1) Scientific accuracy of model and explanation of how it

is adapted for its function

2) Aesthetic appearance

3) Teamwork
 Team number

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Scientific
accuracy
Aesthetic
appearance

Teamwork

Total

3 = excellent 2 = good 1 = satisfactory

Explain What do neurones look like?
Neurones are elongated cells consisting of a cell body and long, thin axon.
dendrites

myelin
sheath

cell
body
axon

Thin projections called dendrites extend from the cell body and connect with other
neurones, allowing electrical impulses to pass from one to the other.

The axons of most neurones are wrapped in an insulating lipid layer called the
myelin sheath. Why is this important?
 What are sensory neurones?
Sensory neurones transmit messages from sense receptors, such as the eye or
nose, to the brain or spinal cord.

cell body

nerve impulse from nerve impulse to

sense organ CNS
 What are motor neurones?
Motor neurones transmit messages from the brain and spinal cord to the
muscles and glands.

cell body

muscle
Neurones link
receptor cells to
effector cells.
Elaborate-demonstrate learning

Label the neurone- Summarising what

you have learnt. Write down how it is
adapted to its function
Fatty sheath acts as an The cytoplasm is shaped
electrical insulator of into a long axon to transmit
the axons, and speed electrical impulses between
up transmission of central nervous system and
electrical impulses. effector
Branched
Dendrite endings
make
connections
Nucleus with other
Nerve neurons or
Axon Ending effectors.

Cytoplasm Cell
Membrane

Self assess
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-south-east-
wales-15005209

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YUWbzNEoPI8&f
eature=related (Very emotive)

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m-
zuoFtQzfw&feature=related

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0i8NhFKj14

• http://www.nhs.uk/conditions/Motor-neurone-
disease/Pages/Introduction.aspx
Extend
Learning Outcomes
• Label a neurone using key words e.g. axon,
mylein sheath, dendrites
• Describe the role of a neurone/nerve cell in
the nervous system. Name three examples of
neurone

• Explain how the neurone is adapted to its

function

Evaluate