how the body detects, processes

HBS 2.2

• The body is able to detect blood glucose levels via an organ called the pancreas. More specifically, it is detected by areas within the pancreas called islets of Langerhans.

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• sensory neuron cary signals from the outer parts of your body , motor neurons, and interneurons.
• motor neurons carry signals from the central nervous system to the outer parts

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• Interneurons connect various neurons within the brain and spinal cord

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• connect sensory and motor neurons and interpret the impulse; only in the brain and spinal cord. When a stimulus is received by a sensory neuron, the impulse (or message) is carried through fibrous extensions called dendrites to the cell body.