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What is the result when a virus destroys the motor neurons in the spinal cord or brain?
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∙ 11y ago
It depends on what part of the brain or spinal cord. If it is in the brain it can cause death or complete paralysis, if it is in the spinal cord e.g. Lower part of the spinal cord you are paralysed from the hips down.
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What is the disease that destroys the motor neurons in the brain or spinal cord?
Poliomyelitis
Most of the neurons in the brain and spinal cord are?
most of the neurons in the brain and spinal cord are
Which type of neurons impulses from sense organs to the spinal or brain?
Sensory neurons
How do sensory neurons and motor neurons act in opposite ways?
Sensory neurons carry impulses from the sense organs to the brain and the spinal cord . Motor neurons carry impulses from the brain and spinal cord to muscles or glands.
Which neurons transmit information to the brain and spinal cord?
Sensory neurons gather information and send it to your spinal cord.
What neurons carry impulses toward the spinal cord and brain?
afferent neurons
What type of neurons are responsible for transmitting nerve impulses from the spinal cord to the effector?
Signals are transmitted through the spinal cord and brain via neurons.
Is the brain superior to the spinal cord?
The dorsal cavity of the body contains the brain and spinal cord, which are considered the Central Nervous System. The same neurons that make up the brain also make up the spinal cord. The only difference is that the neurons in the brain :like a pony tail of hair" only differentiate as a result of their job; as a transmitter or a receptor,
What carries impluses towards the brain and spinal cord?
The sensory neurons carry impulses through the spinal cord to the brain.
Which type of neurons carries impulse from sense organs to spinal cord or brain?
Sensory neurons
Which type of neurons carries impulses sense organs to the spinal cord or brain?
Sensory neurons
What part of the brain contains the associative neurons?
In CNS i.e. in spinal chord and in brain
