An Important Role of the Spinal Cord Is

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Multiple Choice

An important role of the spinal cord is:

• A)processing and storing incoming sensory information.
• B)producing responses to complex stimuli.
• C)monitoring the activity of the internal organs.
• D)producing automatic spinal reflexes.

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Definitions:

Tetrads

Structures formed during meiosis consisting of four chromatids (two homologous chromosomes) that enable genetic recombination and reductional division.

Metaphase I

A stage in the first division of meiosis where homologous chromosomes align at the equatorial plate before being separated into two daughter cells.

Sister Chromatids

Identical copies of a chromosome, connected by a centromere, that are present in a cell after DNA replication.

Anaphase II

A stage of meiosis II where sister chromatids are pulled apart by the spindle fibers and move toward opposite poles of the cell.