What types of neurons carry impulses to the brain and spinal cord?

What types of neurons carry impulses to the brain and spinal cord?

Types of Neurons Sensory neurons carry nerve impulses from tissues and organs to the spinal cord and brain. Motor neurons carry nerve impulses from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands (see Figure below). Interneurons carry nerve impulses back and forth between sensory and motor neurons.

What carries messages from the sense organs to the brain or spinal cord?

Sensory nerves bring messages from the sense organs to the brain or the spinal cord. Your eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and skin are sense organs.

What neuron carry nerve impulses away from the CNS?

The afferent division of the peripheral nervous system carries impulses to the CNS; the efferent division carries impulses away from the CNS.

What type of neuron carries impulses from the sensory neuron to the motor neuron?

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. Efferent neurons usually have short dendrites and long axons.

What type of neuron carries messages from the body to the brain?

Sensory neurons
Sensory neurons carry signals from the body to the brain and/or spinal cord. Sensory neurons are found in our sensory organs such as our skin, tongue, ears, eyes and nose.

What type of neuron carries impulses from the CNS to the muscles and glands?

motor
Efferent, or motor, neurons transmit impulses from the CNS to effector organs such as muscles and glands. Efferent neurons usually have short dendrites and long axons.

Which type of neuron carries the response to the correct organ or gland?

Motor neurons carry signals from the brain and/or the spinal cord to the muscles and glands of the body.

Where are sensory neurons located in the spinal cord?

The cell bodies of sensory neurons are located in dorsal root ganglia. The cell bodies of motor neurons are found in the ventral portion of the gray matter of the spinal cord.