SENSORY NEURONS

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  • WHAT DO SENSORY NEURONS DO?
    receive sensory impulse
  • FUNCTION OF SENSORY NEURONS?
    carries messages about the sensation of a stimulus from PNS to CNS
  • KEY FEATURES OF SENSORY NEURONS?
    • unipolar
    • short axons
    • long dendrites
  • WHAT DOES IT MEAN IF A NEURON IS UNIPOLAR?
    one neurite (axon/ dendrite) extends from the cell body