Question 1 Report
Which of the following explanations best accounts for Noor pulling her hand away before she consciously feels the heat from a camping pan? Her teacher says the response travelled through the nervous system as a reflex.
(a) Which structure in the central nervous system coordinates this rapid response? [1]
(b) Explain why the response can occur before Noor is aware of pain. [2]
(a) Spinal cord [1] (b) Sensory information is processed by the spinal cord rather than first being interpreted by the brain [1]. This produces a rapid motor response to protect the body from injury [1].
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