Neuron cell body is positioned in a part of the body

Give an illustration of a situation in which the neuron cell body is positioned in a part of the body and its axonal terminal part is in another distant portion of the body? Why does this take place?

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Most of the neurons are positioned in the brain and spinal cord (that is, central nervous system) in places termed as neural nuclei. Neural ganglia, or ganglia, are structures of the peripheral nervous system positioned beside the spinal column or close to some organs where neuron cell bodies are also positioned.

Neurons located at specific points can present distant axonal terminations and they as well can receive impulses from axons of the distant neurons. The inferior motor neurons located in the spinal cord are illustrations as their axons can transmit information to extremities of the inferior limbs triggering contractions of foot.

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