Sensory

• These are nerve cells that carry nerve impulses from the sensory receptors towards the CNS and the brain
• When the nerve impulses reach the brain they are translated into sensations such as vision, hearing, taste and touch
• Sensory information can either be physical or chemical
• Sensory neurons can only transmit messages one way and cannot receive messages
• • They have long dendrites and short axons
• • The cell body is usually to the side of the cell
• • The role of sensory neurons is to send information to the brain from the peripheral nervous system (PNS) towards the central nervous system (CNS)
• • They keep the brain informed about the external and internal environment information coming from the sense organs
• sensory neuron