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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dendrites in your motor neurons
dendrites in your motor neurons

axons in your motor neurons
axons in your motor neurons

axons in your sensory neurons
axons in your sensory neurons

dendrites in your sensory neurons
dendrites in your sensory neurons

Answer 1

The correct answer is dendrites in your sensory neurons.

When you smell cookies baking, sensory receptors in your nose detect the odor molecules and transmit this information through the sensory neurons. The dendrites of these sensory neurons are responsible for receiving the signal (the smell). After this initial signal, the information is relayed further along the nervous system for processing and response.