NEET PG DENTAL EXAM

HEAD NECK

SCALP FACE TEMPLE

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Known as afferent nerves; carry impulses or messages from the sense organs to the brain, where sensations of touch, cold, heat, sight, sound, taste, smell, pain, and pressure are experienced.
A
Sensory nerves
B
Motor nerves
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Sensory nerves also known as afferent nerves, carry impulses from sensory receptors towards the brain.

Detailed explanation-2: -Afferent neurons, also called sensory neurons, are the nerve fibers responsible for bringing sensory information from the outside world into the brain. Sensory information may involve special senses, such as vision, hearing, smell, or taste, as well as the sense of touch, pain, and temperature.

Detailed explanation-3: -Nociceptors respond to damaging stimuli, resulting in pain, which include extreme cold or heat, excessive pressure, and inflammatory chemicals. Their signals stimulate subtypes of chemoreceptors, mechanoreceptors, and thermoreceptors. Photoreceptors react to light, including the receptors in the retinas of the eyes.

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