A sensitive neural ganglion consists of roundish neurocytes with one extension that divides into axon and dendrite at some distance from the perikaryon. What are these cells called?

Answer options

1. Unipolar
2. Apolar
3. Bipolar
4. Multipolar
5. Pseudounipolar

Explanation

A pseudounipolar neuron is a kind of sensory neuron in the peripheral nervous system. This neuron contains an axon that has split into two branches; one branch runs to the periphery and the other to the spinal cord (central). The axon has a peripheral branch (from the cell body to the periphery: skin, joints, and muscle) and a central branch (from the cell body to the spinal cord). The soma (cell body) of each pseudounipolar neuron is located within a dorsal root ganglion (spinal ganglion) The axon leaves the cell body (and out of the dorsal root ganglion) into the dorsal root, where it splits into two branches.