If We Make a Conscious Effort to Reach Down and Pick

question 219

Multiple Choice

If we make a conscious effort to reach down and pick up a box, which part of our nervous system will carry information to the muscles in our arms used for lifting the box?

• A) The efferent portion of the peripheral nervous system
• B) The afferent portion of the peripheral nervous system
• C) The voluntary division of the afferent portion
• D) The autonomic efferents
• E) The conscious afferents

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