The Authors Compare Communication in the Sensory System to the Activities

question 399

Multiple Choice

The authors compare communication in the sensory system to the activities on a battlefield. The sensory neurons in the peripheral nervous system, likened to "field officers":

• A) are responsible for scanning the terrain that corresponds to their sense, looking for activity.
• B) are responsible for analyzing reports and communicating decisions back to the scouts.
• C) all use exactly the same method, a neural message, to communicate with the command centre.
• D) vary in the way that they communicate with the command centre (brain) based on the sense.

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