All of the following are functions of the afferent portion of the peripheral nervous system except
A) carrying information from sensory receptor cells to the central nervous system.
B) carrying information of which we are conscious.
C) carrying information from the central nervous system to muscles and glands.
D) carrying some information of which we are not conscious.
E) carrying physiological information.

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The afferent portion of the peripheral nervous system is responsible for carrying sensory information from sensory receptor cells to the central nervous system, carrying both conscious and unconscious physiological information, and carrying some information of which we are not conscious. However, it does not carry information from the central nervous system to muscles and glands. That is the function of the efferent portion of the peripheral nervous system.

All of the Following Are Functions of the Afferent Portion