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What is single elongated process usually an axon or peripheral process from a sensory neuron called?

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They are called afferent processes because they transmit impulses to the neuron cell body. There is only one axon that projects from each cell body. It is usually elongated and because it carries impulses away from the cell body, it is called an efferent process.

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