GROSS ANATOMY

Detailed explanation-1: -Efferent neurons, also called motor neurons, are the nerve fibers responsible for carrying signals from the brain to the peripheral nervous system in order to initiate an action. In other words, they are the neurons that tell your body to perform an action, such as removing your hand from a hot pan.

Detailed explanation-2: -Motor nerves also known as efferent nerves, carry impulses away from the brain or spinal cord to muscles and glands. Sensory nerves also known as afferent nerves, carry impulses from sensory receptors towards the brain.

Detailed explanation-3: -Neurons carry messages from the brain via the spinal cord. The neurons that carry these messages to the muscles are called motor neurons.

Detailed explanation-4: -Sensory neurons carry information from the sense organs (such as the eyes and ears) to the brain. Motor neurons control voluntary muscle activity such as speaking and carry messages from nerve cells in the brain to the muscles. All the other neurons are called interneurons.

Detailed explanation-5: -Subtypes of general somatic efferent fibers include: alpha motor neurons () – these target extrafusal muscle fibers, and gamma motor neurons () that target intrafusal muscle fibers.