Question 42

A skin receptor detects pressure. Which path describes the sensory neuron's role immediately afterward?

It carries the information toward the central nervous system.Correct answer
It creates the pressure stimulus at the skin.
It carries only commands from the brain to muscles.
It remains entirely within the brain.

Explanation

A sensory neuron carries information from the receptor toward the central nervous system for processing. A command travelling outward to a muscle instead follows a motor pathway, which has the opposite functional direction.

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