Differences between a motor neuron and a sensory neuron
| Effector/motor neurons
|
Sensory neuron | |
| 1. | Transmit impulse from CNS to the effector | Transmit impulse from sense organ or receptor to the CNS cell body in the middle of axon |
| 2. | Cell body at the end of the axon | Cell body in the middle of axon |
| 3. | Cell body located in grey matter of spinal cord | Cell body located in dorsal root ganglion of the spinal chord |
| 4 | Multipolar | Unipolar |
| 5 | Long axon | Short axon |
| 6 | Do not Consist of receptor | Consist of a receptor |
| 7 | Consists of many short dendrons | Consists of one long dendron |
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