NEURONS TABLE

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MOTOR, SENSORY AND RELAY NEURONS

Motor Relay Sensory

Cell body, short Cell body, short Cell body, long

Structure
dentrites, long axon dentrites, short axon dentrites, short axon

Cell body and Cell body and

Whole cell inside
Location of cell body dentrites in CNS, dentrites outside CNS,
CNS
axons outside CNS axons inside CNS

Dentrites synapse Dentrites synapse Dentrites synapse

Dentrites
with effectors with other neurons with receptors

Axons synapse with

Axons synapse with
Axons End in effector relay and other
other neurons
neurons inside CNS

Connect sensory and Transmit impulses

Transmit impulses
Function motor neurons to form from receptors to
from CNS to effector
nerve circuits CNS