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I think you could mean association fibres - the fibres (also called axons) being the long thin part of a neuron? Association fibres connect various areas of the brain to one another, and act as a kind of relay station where incoming sensory information is compared with previous experience of that information, and then integrate the appropriate motor response. For example, imagine you're driving along the road when you see a traffic light up ahead turn to amber. So the sensory input is visual information from your eyes; it arrives at the appropriate 'relay area' in your brain, where information is quickly brought up from the learning areas reminding you that an amber light means it's gonna be red by the time you reach it, so you'd better start slowing down; another visual message supplies the information of how far you are away from the light, and yet another how fast you are driving; now some more 'learned' information comes in, telling you (based on your previous driving experiences) things like how many seconds it'll be before you reach the light, and how hard to need to press on the brake pedal to be able to stop safely and in time. In the meantime, messages have been drafted & sent to the motor cortex: the rough draft is that the muscles in your leg & foot are gonna have some work to do very soon; the motor cortex responds by sending a message back to the association area: "OK, ready when you are; this is the current state of play as regards the precise position of foot and leg right now - so how hard are we gonna have to work?" So now the association fibres have all the information they need; they integrate all of these messages so that they the final message sent out via the motor association area to the motor cortex can tell those muscles exactly how hard your foot needs to press on the brake pedal to stop the car in the precise spot it needs to stop. This is a very simplified description of the incredibly complex work done by the association fibres to help you carry out just one little action.
There are two types of nerve cells, motor neurons and association neurons. Motor neurons have main processes, or axons, that extend from the ganglia to contractile muscles, and minor processes, or dendrites that connect with the neuropile.
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Interneurons or association neurons are?
Interneurons or association neurons are connector neurons that establish connections between other neurons.
What are neurons that carry information between sensory neurons and motor neurons?
Interneurons or association neurons.
What is the interneurons also known as?
Interneurons are also known as association neurons because they connect sensory neurons to motor neurons and help to integrate information within the central nervous system.
What is. The function of associative neurons?
The neurons form the bodies nervous system.
Neurons that function within the brain and spinal cord are called?
interneurons also called central or association neurons
Neurons that serve as links between the sensory neuron and the motor neurons?
interneurons also known as: ASSOCIATION NEURONS
What does an interneuron do in the CNS?
An interneuron is also called an association neuron. Its job is to communicate with other neurons.
What is true about most human nerve cells?
Association neurons
What connects sensory to motor neuron?
Interneurons(also called relay neuron, association neuron, connector neuron or local circuit neuron) are multipolar neurons that connects sensory neurons to motor neurons.
What Impulses from the sense organs travels to the brain along?
association neurons
What cell type is not a supporting cell or glial cell of the nervous system?
association neurons
What is another word for interneuron neuron?
A synonym for interneuron is "relay neuron."
