AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When leg muscles respond to a stimulus by moving the foot, the response depends most directly on the functioning of
A
bronchioles
B
glands
C
nephrons
D
neurons
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Neurons carry messages from the brain via the spinal cord. The neurons that carry these messages to the muscles are called motor neurons.

Detailed explanation-2: -The somatic nervous system controls writing, as this system is in charge of all of our voluntary movements. The somatic nervous system allows our brain to communicate with our skeletal muscle through nerves of the peripheral nervous system, allowing us to move.

Detailed explanation-3: -The cerebellum is located behind the brain stem. While the frontal lobe controls movement, the cerebellum “fine-tunes” this movement. This area of the brain is responsible for fine motor movement, balance, and the brain’s ability to determine limb position.

Detailed explanation-4: -The stimulus is modified, or transduced, into an electrical impulse in the receptor neuron. This incoming excitation, or afferent impulse, then passes along an extension, or axon, of the receptor to an adjustor, called an interneuron.

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