You Press a Stick That Has a Varying Cross-Sectional Area

question 64

Short Answer

You press a stick that has a varying cross-sectional area horizontally between the palms of your hands. The area of the stick pushing against your left palm is twice the area of the stick pushing against your right palm.
-The force on your left palm is __________ the force on your right palm.

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Definitions:

Hamstrings

A group of three muscles at the back of the thigh that are involved in bending the knee.

Dorsal Root Ganglion

A cluster of sensory neuron cell bodies located within the dorsal root of a spinal nerve.

Synaptic Delay

The time lag between the arrival of an action potential at the axon terminal of a neuron and the creation of a postsynaptic potential.

Polysynaptic Reflex

A reflex arc that involves multiple synapses between neurons within the central nervous system, leading to a more complex response.