The motor (efferent) division of the peripheral nervous system

A. transmits impulses from the CNS to effectors, such as skeletal muscle.
B. detects presence of food in the stomach.
C. has nerve cell bodies located in ganglia near the spinal cord and brain.
D. is a division of the CNS.
E. detects a stimulus.


Answer: A

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