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Sensory neuron
Motor neuron
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- Sensory neurons are found in receptors such as the eyes, ears, tongue and skin, and carry nerve impulses to the spinal cord and brain. ...
- Motor neurons are found in the central nervous system (CNS) and control muscle movements.
Answer:
SSensory neurons, also known as afferent neurons, are neurons in the nervous system, that convert a specific type of stimulus, via their receptors, into action potentials or graded potentials.[1] This process is called sensory transduction. The cell bodies of the sensory neurons are located in the dorsal ganglia of the spinal cord.[2]
Four types of sensory neuron
This sensory information travels along afferent nerve fibers in an afferent or sensory nerve, to the brain via the spinal cord. The stimulus can come from extoreceptors outside the body, for example light and sound, or from interoreceptors inside the body, for example blood pressure or the sense of body position.
Different types of sensory neurons have different sensory receptors that respond to different kinds of stimuli.
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