Multiple Choice
In an overview of tissue structures, another name for a nerve cell is:
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1. Overview of Cell Biology
Overview of Tissue Structures
Multiple Choice
In the peripheral nervous system, the cell bodies of sensory (afferent) neurons are primarily located in which structure?
A
Neuromuscular junctions within skeletal muscle
B
Ventral horn of the spinal cord gray matter
C
Dorsal root (spinal) ganglia
D
Sympathetic chain (paravertebral) ganglia
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Understand the role of sensory (afferent) neurons: these neurons transmit sensory information from the periphery to the central nervous system (CNS).
Recall that the cell bodies of sensory neurons are located outside the CNS, in specialized structures called ganglia.
Identify the specific ganglia associated with the peripheral nervous system that contain sensory neuron cell bodies; these are the dorsal root (spinal) ganglia located near the spinal cord.
Differentiate dorsal root ganglia from other structures: neuromuscular junctions are sites of communication between motor neurons and muscles, ventral horn contains motor neuron cell bodies, and sympathetic chain ganglia contain autonomic neurons.
Conclude that the correct location for sensory neuron cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system is the dorsal root (spinal) ganglia.
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