Normally, the coordinated action of the muscles of the stomach and small intestine propels the food from the stomach, through the small intestine and into the colon. This muscular action also sweeps bacteria out of the small intestine and limits the numbers of bacteria in the small intestine.
The term 'motor neuron' is usually restricted to the efferent neurons that actually innervate muscles (the lower motor neurons). A single motor neuron may innervate many muscle fibres and a muscle fibre can undergo many action potentials in the time taken for a single muscle twitch.
Confidence votes 252. motor neuron=A neuron that conveys impulses from the central nervous system to a muscle, gland, or other effector tissue. sensory neuron= nerves that take in information from either the outside or from within the body. Sensory neurons receive impulses from your eyes, ears, tongue, nose and skin. sensory neuron is a nerve cell that transmits impulses to the central nervous system (spinal cord or brain). It is information such as taste, touch, hot, cold, sound, sight â¦ or pain. It's cell body is located just outside the central nervous system and has a very short axon which leads into the nervous system.