sensory neuron
Americannoun
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For example, the knee reflex that a doctor tests during a routine physical is controlled by a single synapse between a sensory neuron and a motor neuron.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
When an odorant binds with a receptor that recognizes it, the sensory neuron associated with the receptor is stimulated.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
A free nerve ending, as its name implies, is an unencapsulated dendrite of a sensory neuron.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
If a sensory neuron projects directly to the ganglionic neuron and causes it to activate the effector target, then the CNS is not involved.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
A sensory neuron can project to the CNS or to an autonomic ganglion.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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