sensory neuron
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When the hairs bend, they release an excitatory neurotransmitter at a synapse with a sensory neuron, which then conducts action potentials to the central nervous system.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
A free nerve ending, as its name implies, is an unencapsulated dendrite of a sensory neuron.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
An olfactory receptor neuron, also called an olfactory sensory neuron, is the primary transduction cell in the olfactory system.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
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
Each olfactory sensory neuron has dendrites that extend from the apical surface of the epithelium into the mucus lining the cavity.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
