Question

Tina is a soccer goalie. Describe the path traveled by a nerve impulse as she sees a ball coming at the goal and moves to

block it

Answer 1

Receptors in Tina’s eyes pick up the stimulus from the environment. The receptors trigger nerve impulses in the sensory neurons in Tina’s eyes. The impulse passes to interneurons in the brain, where the information is processed. The brain calculates how Tina needs to move to defend the goal and sends nerve impulses to Tina’s muscles that enable her to move and block the goal.

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