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Question
Differentiate between the following pair of terms:
Motor nerve and sensory nerve.
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Solution
Motor nerve: It contains only motor neurons.
Example: Nerves going to the muscles of the eyeball.
Sensory nerve: It contains only sensory neurons.
Example: optic nerve of the eye
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