Question

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) Responses axons in your sensory neurons axons in your sensory neurons dendrites in your sensory neurons dendrites in your sensory neurons axons in your motor neurons axons in your motor neurons dendrites in your motor neurons

Answer 1

The first component involved when you detect the smell of cookies baking is the dendrites in your sensory neurons.

Here's the breakdown: When you smell cookies, the scent molecules interact with olfactory receptors in the nasal cavity. These receptors are part of sensory neurons, and the initial signal is received by the dendrites of these sensory neurons. Once the signal is received, it is then transmitted through the axons of the sensory neurons to the central nervous system, where a response is processed.