Multiple Choice
The authors compare communication in the sensory system to the activities on a battlefield. The sensory neurons in the peripheral nervous system, likened to "field officers":
A) are responsible for scanning the terrain that corresponds to their sense, looking for activity.
B) are responsible for analyzing reports and communicating decisions back to the scouts.
C) all use exactly the same method, a neural message, to communicate with the command centre.
D) vary in the way that they communicate with the command centre (brain) based on the sense.
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