What are nerve cells?
Nerve cells, or neurones, make up the nerves that carry messages around your body. They have a star-shaped body containing the cell nucleus, with a long thread-like fibre called the axon. The tip of the axon is branched and touches other neurones, to which it delivers messages or nerve impulses. Neurones have many smaller threads and branches called dendrites, which receive messages from other neurones.
Are there different types of nerve cell?
There are three types of neurone with different functions. Motor neurones control the way your muscles work. Sensory neurones carry messages from your sense organs. Connector neurones pass messages between different parts of the nervous system.
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