Types Of Neurons

Types Of Neurons

What are the three main Morphological Types of Neurons?
Answer.

The three main morphological types of neurons are bipolar, multipolar, and pseudounipolar.

Bipolar neurons: They have two processes arising one at each pole of the cell body. Such types of neurons are found in the retina, olfactory neuroepithelium, and vestibular and cochlear ganglia.

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Multipolar neurons: They have several processes arising from the cell body (i.e. many dendrites and a single axon), e.g. lower motor neurons (LMNs) of the brain and spinal cord.

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Pseudounipolar neurons:

They have a single process arising from the cell body, which after a short course bifurcates at T-junction into peripheral and central processes, e.g. neurons of dorsal root ganglia and sensory ganglia of cranial nerves.