If You Were to Submerge Your Hand in a Bucket

question 7

Multiple Choice

If you were to submerge your hand in a bucket of ice water, after only a few seconds your instinct would be to remove your hand from the cold environment. You perceive the desire to remove your hand from the water because

• A) sensory neurons communicate with your brain that the cold is undesirable and removing your hand will solve the problem
• B) sensory neurons synapse with interneurons in the spinal cord to reflex and pull your arm out of the cold water
• C) motor neurons in your arm are receiving stimulation from both the brain and the spinal cord to pull your arm out of the water
• D) sensory neurons communicate to your brain that the motor neurons in your arm are shutting down due to the cold

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