The Subdivision of the Peripheral Nervous System That Is Made

question 52

Multiple Choice

The subdivision of the peripheral nervous system that is made up of all nerves carrying messages from the senses to the central nervous system and all nerves carrying messages from the central nervous system to skeletal muscles is called the __________

• A) autonomic nervous system.
• B) parasympathetic nervous system.
• C) somatic nervous system.
• D) central nervous system.

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Definitions:

Linear Regression

A statistical method for modeling the relationship between a dependent variable and one or more independent variables using a linear equation.

Correlational Analysis

A statistical method used to determine the degree to which two variables are related.

Analysis Of Variance

A test for the difference between two or more means. A simple analysis of variance (or ANOVA) has only one independent variable, whereas a factorial analysis of variance tests the means of more than one independent variable. One-way analysis of variance looks for differences between the means of more than two groups.

Slope

The measure of the steepness or incline of a line, defined as the ratio of the vertical change to the horizontal change between two points.