LooseLeaf for Human Anatomy
5th Edition
ISBN: 9781259285271
Author: Michael McKinley Dr., Valerie O'Loughlin, Elizabeth Pennefather-O'Brien
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 17, Problem 4MC
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The central nervous system is the processing unit of the body, and the neurons are the conducting units that transmit the information from the receptors to the CNS and from the CNS to the target organs. There are three different types of neurons, namely sensory neurons, interneurons and motor neurons.
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