A motor neurone connects the central nervous system (CNS) with an effector, which is to say either a muscle or a gland.
The length of the neurone depends on the size of the animal. In a human, some of the longest neurones extend from the base of the spine to the foot. The longest must be in the largest animals. Think of a giraffe. Not to mention a blue whale!
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axon, which is the elongated fiber that transmits electrical impulses away from the cell body to other neurons or muscle cells. The axon can extend a great distance from the cell body to reach its target, such as a muscle fiber.
the longest part of a nerve cell is called the Axon.
A two-neuron reflex typically involves a sensory neuron carrying information from a sensory receptor to the spinal cord, where it synapses with an interneuron. The interneuron then synapses with a motor neuron that carries the response signal to an effector organ, such as a muscle or gland. In this pathway, a third neuron would not typically be involved in a two-neuron reflex.
Betz cells are a type of large pyramidal neuron located in the primary motor cortex of the brain.
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