A patient is diagnosed with lockjaw. The tetanus toxin was transported from the periphery to the central nervous system by
A) anterograde transport
B) retrograde transport
C) dendritic transport
D) Schwann cells
E) oligodendroglia

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The tetanus toxin is transported retrograde from the peripheral axons to the central nervous system. This occurs through the use of retrograde transport mechanisms, which involves the transportation of materials from the axon terminal to the cell body.

A Patient Is Diagnosed with Lockjaw