Injury Prevention Programs Have Proven Effective in Teaching Children About

question 37

Multiple Choice

Injury prevention programs have proven effective in teaching children about all of the following EXCEPT

• A) escaping fires.
• B) crossing streets.
• C) riding bikes safely.
• D) properly extinguishing cigarettes.

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Definitions:

Somatic Nervous System

A part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits sensory and motor signals to and from the central nervous system, controlling voluntary muscle movements.

Axons

Long, slender projections of a neuron that transmit electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body to other neurons or to muscles or glands.

Nerves

Bundled axons that form neural “cables” connecting the central nervous system with muscles, glands, and sense organs.

Action Potentials

Electrical impulses that neurons generate to transmit information through the neuron's axon to another neuron or to a muscle or gland cell.