LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
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Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 1CR
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The function of primary, secondary, and tertiary neurons in the sensory pathways of the nervous system.
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Neurons also called nerve cell are the functional units of the central nervous system, the cells responsible for receiving sensory information from the receptors and transfer the signals to the brain for processing.
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