Question

Your hand touches something super gooey and icky. In the space below, describe the steps in the neural pathway that leads to pulling your hand out of the goo. Start with the stimulus

Answer 1

A neural pathway may be defined as the connection that is formed by the axons which is projected from the neurons to make a synapses onto the neurons in some another location. It also enables a signal to be sent from one of the region of the nervous system to the another.

In the context, the steps in the neural pathways of our brain which leads us to pull our hand out of a icky and sticky goo is :

ICKY STIMULUS --- TOUCH / MECHANORECEPTORS ---- SENSORY NEURONS --- SPINAL CORD ---- PROCESSES IN BRAIN ---- SPINAL CORD ---- MOTOR NEURONS ---- MUSCLE MOVEMENT.