Sensory impulses from the skin would be transmitted into the spinal cord on the
A) ventral root of spinal nerves.
B) dorsal root of spinal nerves.
C) sympathetic nerve pathway.
D) pathway of parasympathetic neurons.

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Sensory impulses from the skin would be transmitted into the spinal cord on the dorsal root of spinal nerves. The dorsal root contains the axons of sensory neurons that carry information from the periphery to the central nervous system. The ventral root, on the other hand, contains axons of motor neurons that carry information from the central nervous system to the periphery. The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are involved in autonomic functions and do not directly transmit sensory impulses from the skin to the spinal cord.

Sensory Impulses from the Skin Would Be Transmitted into the Spinal