Biology of Humans 4th Edition by Judith Goodenough,Betty McGuire

Exercise 10

You are a neurophysiologist trying to identify the function of a particular nerve cell. You notice that this nerve cell fires imme- diately before a person's pinky finger bends. You correctly con- clude that this axon
a. may be part of a sensory neuron carrying information from the finger toward the brain.
b. may be part of a motor neuron carrying information from the brain toward the pinky.
c. is without a doubt part of an interneuron.
d. is dead.