When you get home, you smell cookies baking. You respond by walking toward the kitchen. Many signals move through your nervous system in this process. Which component is involved first?

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dendrites in your sensory neurons
dendrites in your sensory neurons - not selected, this is the correct answer

dendrites in your motor neurons
dendrites in your motor neurons - no response given

axons in your sensory neurons
axons in your sensory neurons - incorrect

axons in your motor neurons explain your anwer

Answer 1

The correct answer is dendrites in your sensory neurons. When you smell the cookies baking, sensory neurons in your nose detect the odor and send signals to the brain through their dendrites. These dendrites receive the initial signals and transmit them to the brain for further processing and response.