A young man reads in a letter that he has just won $1,000 in a statewide lottery and he literally jumps for joy. Which neurons are sending messages from his brain to the muscles in his legs causing him to jump?
A) sensory neurons
B) interactive neurons
C) efferent neurons
D) afferent neurons

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Efferent neurons transmit signals from the brain and spinal cord to effector cells which carry out motor functions such as muscle contraction. In this case, the efferent neurons would be responsible for sending signals from the brain to the leg muscles causing the man to jump.

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