AP PSYCHOLOGY

BIOLOGICAL BASES OF BEHAVIOR

THE NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEMS

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
When you want to voluntarily move a muscle, what is the path of the message?
A
brain, nerve, spinal cord
B
nerve, spinal cord, brain
C
spinal cord, nerve, brain
D
brain, spinal cord, nerve
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -These signals travel through the ventral horn of the spinal cord and synapse with the lower motor neurons and send their signals through peripheral axons to the NMJ of skeletal muscle.

Detailed explanation-2: -Located in the frontal lobe are the motor cortex and the Broca area. The motor cortex allows for the precise voluntary movements of our skeletal muscles, while the Broca area controls motor functions responsible for producing language.

Detailed explanation-3: -The cerebrum is the thinking part of the brain and it controls your voluntary muscles-the ones that move when you want them to.

Detailed explanation-4: -The spinal cord, basically a highway for nerves, streamlines sensory and motor signals to the brain and the body. Information detected by sensory receptors in the periphery is transmitted along ascending neural tracts in the spinal cord.

Detailed explanation-5: -The cerebellum-also called the “little brain” because it looks like a small version of the cerebrum-is responsible for balance, movement, and coordination. The pons and the medulla, along with the midbrain, are often called the brainstem.

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