sensory neuron
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Each sensory neuron has one projection—with a sensory receptor ending in skin, muscle, or sensory organs—and another that synapses with a neuron in the dorsal spinal cord.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
Somatic reflexes always involve the CNS, even in a monosynaptic reflex in which the sensory neuron directly activates the motor neuron.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
A simple case is a reflex caused by a synapse between a dorsal sensory neuron axon and a motor neuron in the ventral horn.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
A sensory neuron can project to the CNS or to an autonomic ganglion.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
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
