We can touch our finger to our nose while our eyes are closed in part because we can sense the position and movement of our joints as well as the length of stretch in our muscles. These sensations create awareness of our body’s positioning. The following receptors are responsible for this ability.

Nerve impulses are sent to increase the heart’s rate of contraction. The nerve fibers sending these signals will belong to which division of the nervous system?

Spinal cord.

Luschka and Magendie’s foramina are located in which of the following:

Which of the following describes the nervous system’s sensory function?

Known to be active during “rest and digest” responses.

Which of the following describes the nervous system’s integrative (integration) function?

Wernicke’s area

Known to be active during “fight and flight” responses.

Japan experienced an initial period of rapid industrialization during the