When You Swing Your Partner at an Old-Time Square Dance

question 12

Multiple Choice

When you swing your partner at an old-time square dance, you lock elbows and your partner is also swinging you. As a result, you both move in a circle. For this reason,

• A) you must pull your partner toward you and your partner must push you.
• B) you both must push outward against each other.
• C) your partner and you mutually and simultaneously pull each other.
• D) your pull cancels out your partner's pull, making for zero net force and no acceleration.

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Definitions:

Motor Neurons

Nerve cells that initiate and conduct impulses toward the muscles and glands, enabling movement and secretion.

Ventral Root

A component of a spinal nerve that emerges from the anterior part of the spinal cord and contains motor (efferent) fibers.

Dorsal Ramus

A branch of a spinal nerve that innervates muscles and skin of the back.

Peripheral Nerves

Nerves located outside the brain and spinal cord, responsible for relaying information between the central nervous system and the rest of the body.