Identify the type of information that travels along the structure labeled "2."
A)motor commands to skeletal muscles
B)proprioception to the cerebral cortex
C)fine touch to the cerebral cortex
D)pressure and touch sensations
E)visceral motor commands to smooth muscle

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The structure labeled "2" is a spinal nerve, which contains both sensory and motor fibers. Sensory fibers carrying information from the skin and deeper tissues such as pressure and touch sensations travel along this structure to the spinal cord and then up to the brain.

Identify the Type of Information That Travels Along the Structure