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Ch. 14 The Autonomic Nervous System

Chapter 13, Problem 6

Where are the cell bodies of visceral sensory neurons?

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Hey, everyone. Let's take a look at this question. Together. The dorsal root ganglia are structures located along the spinal cord that contain the cell bodies. Of what is it? Answer choice. A the sensory neurons answer choice B the motor neurons answer choice C interneuron or answer choice. D all neurons. Let's work this problem out together to try to figure out which of the following answer. Choices is the correct answer. So in order to solve this question, we have to recall the importance of the dorsal root ganglia and where it is located. Since we know that it's located along the spinal cord, more specifically, it is found on the posterior side of the spinal cord. We note that it contains the cell bodies of sensory neurons. It contains the cell bodies of the neurons responsible for transmitting sensory information, which means that answer choice. A sensory neurons is the correct answer. Since the dorsal root ganglia contains the cell body of those sensory neurons that transmit the sensory information to the central nervous system. I hope you found this video to be helpful. Thank you and goodbye.