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Compare And Contrast Motor And Sensory Regions
Even though the motor and sensory regions are both linked through the nervous system they are very different. And you can’t have one with the other. All the senses are dependent on other sensory functions. The sensory nerves is responsible for sending signals from body parts to the central nervous system which allows you to feel anything that you touch. The main sensory areas of the brain include primary auditory cortex, the primary somatosensory cortex, and primary visual cortex. While the motor system controls all the muscles in your body and sends out signals so they can contract. An example of the motor system being used would be reaching for a glass of water. A motor never contains axons of the somatic and branchial motor neurons. The

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