Basic Components of the Nervous System ---- NEURON CELL TYPES

Question 1

“To carry toward;” Nerves that carry APs from sensory

organs to the CNS. Always connect to the spinal cord via its dorsal root.

Answer 1

Afferent/Sensory

Question 2

“To carry away;” Nerves that carry APs from the CNS to muscles and glands. Always connect to spinal cord via its ventral root

Answer 2

Efferent/Motor

Question 3

Found inside spinal cord; Used to conduct

APs from afferent neurons to efferent neurons

Answer 3

Association/Interneuron

Question 4

90% of neuron types

Answer 4

Association/Interneuron

Question 5

AP exits the brain and goes to skeletal muscles

Answer 5

Efferent/Motor