sensory neuron

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For example, the knee reflex that a doctor tests during a routine physical is controlled by a single synapse between a sensory neuron and a motor neuron.

From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022

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

A sensory neuron can project to the CNS or to an autonomic ganglion.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

This occurs when a stimulus changes the cell membrane potential of a sensory neuron.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013

However, generator potentials can initiate action potentials in the sensory neuron axon, and postsynaptic potentials can initiate an action potential in the axon of other neurons.

From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013