Which of these special nerve cells in the spinal cord carries a message to and from the brain?

Well a sensory nerve carries info from the spinal cord to the brain (CNS). Motor nerves carry info from the brain to the spinal cord and then to the branching nerves (PNS). An association nerve mediates between a sensory and motor nerve. So the answer here by process of elimination is C. primary.

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