Ascending Somatic Sensory Pathways to the Cerebral Cortex Consist of Thousands

question 24

True/False

Ascending somatic sensory pathways to the cerebral cortex consist of thousands of sets of three neurons: first-order neurons, second-order neurons, and third-order neurons.

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