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Question
Distinguish between the following pair of words:
Motor and sensory nerve
Solution
| Motor nerve | sensory nerve |
| A motor nerve contains motor fibres which bring impulses from the brain or spinal cord to the effector ornans. | A sensory nerve contains sensory fibres which bring impulses from the sense organs to the brain or spinal cord. |
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