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? (1 point)

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axons in your sensory neurons
axons in your sensory neurons

dendrites in your motor neurons
dendrites in your motor neurons

dendrites in your sensory neurons
dendrites in your sensory neurons

axons in your motor neurons

Answer 1

The correct answer is dendrites in your sensory neurons.

When you smell cookies baking, the sensory receptors in your nose detect the smell, and this information is transmitted through the dendrites of sensory neurons. Then, the signal travels through the axons of these sensory neurons to your brain, prompting you to respond by walking toward the kitchen.