Magazine023 Question 8

Distractors

 Each hand has about 3,000 mechanoreceptive nerve endings

Of the 3,000 nerve endings in the fingertips, the majority are efferent

Of the 20 different kinds of nerves in the hand, most are motor nerves

Key

Of the 20 different kinds of nerves in the hand, the majority are afferent

Question

As outlined in “The Hand in the Brain” by Til Luchau, which of these is an accurate statement in relation to the hands as sense organs?