sensory neuron
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The sensory neuron cell bodies are grouped in structures called dorsal root ganglia and are shown in Figure 26.29.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
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.
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A sensory neuron can project to the CNS or to an autonomic ganglion.
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
This occurs when a stimulus changes the cell membrane potential of a sensory neuron.
From Textbooks • Jun. 19, 2013
