GENERAL HISTOLOGY

EXCRETORY SYSTEM

KIDNEY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Carries nerve impulse from receptor to integrating centre
A
Efferent neurone
B
Afferent neurone
C
Spinal cord
D
Spinal nerve
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The neuron which carries nerve impulses from receptors to the spinal cord is sensory neuron and is also called as afferent neuron.

Detailed explanation-2: -Afferent, or sensory, neurons carry impulses from peripheral sense receptors to the CNS. They usually have long dendrites and relatively short axons. Efferent, or motor, neurons transmit impulses from the CNS to effector organs such as muscles and glands.

Detailed explanation-3: -axon, also called nerve fibre, portion of a nerve cell (neuron) that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body.

Detailed explanation-4: -An interneuron is a neuron that carries nerve impulses from one neuron to another.

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