1. Specialized Nerve Cells
Notes – Nervous System 2
Specialized Nerve Cells

2. 1. Brain
•Processes the electrical signals sent from each receptor and decides on how to respond to the stimuli

3. 2 Touch Receptors
Convert mechanical stimuli in the form of pain, temperature, and pressure into electrical impulses. They are found in your skin.

4. 3 Hair Receptors
Convert mechanical sound wave stimuli that travel through the air into electrical impulses. They are found in your ears.

5. 4 Rods and Cones Receptors
Convert electromagnetic waves (light) stimuli into electrical impulses. These are found in your eyes.

6. 5 Taste Receptors
Convert chemical stimuli in the food you eat into electrical impulses. They are found on your tongue.

7. 6 Olfactory Receptors
Convert chemical stimuli (molecules) in the air into electrical impulses. They are found in your nose.

8. 7 Neurons Cells
Nerve cells that carry information as tiny electrical signals between the receptors and the brain

9. 8 Spinal cord
Pathway for neural fibers traveling to and from brain; controls simple reflexes that are not sent to the brain.

10. 9 Nerve
Carry electrical signals like a wire to and from the brain. (side roads)