Types of Neurons

If you picked up a hot coal, the signal from the sensory neurons in your fingertips would travel to ____________ in your spinal cord.

• Sensory Neurons

• Motor Neurons

• Interneurons

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If you picked up a hot coal, _____________ innervating the muscles in your fingers would cause your hand to let go.

• Sensory Neurons

• Motor Neurons

• Interneurons

Combinations of ______________ in your brain that would allow you to draw the conclusion that things that looked like hot coals weren't good to pick up, and, hopefully, retain that information for future reference.

• Sensory Neurons

• Motor Neurons

• Interneurons

If you picked up a hot coal, ______________ would signal to the motor neurons controlling your finger muscles (causing you to let go), while others would transmit the signal up the spinal cord to neurons in the brain, where it would be perceived as pain.

• Sensory Neurons

• Motor Neurons

• Interneurons

If you picked up a hot coal, ______________ with endings in your fingertips would convey the information to your CNS that it was really hot.

• Sensory Neurons

• Motor Neurons

• Interneurons