Nervous System Overvie
1. a. Locate each of these structures.
b. Name three spinal cord functions.
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Processes reflexes.
Integrates excitatory and inhibitory nerve impulses.
Provides a “highway” for carrying sensory impulses to the brain and motor impulses from the brain
to the spinal nerves
What is the function of proprioceptors?
Provide information regarding the degree to which muscles are
contracted, the positions of joints and the body.
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Identify each of the following:
b. What are the general functions of spinal nerves?
Conducts impulses from sensory receptors to the CNS and carries impulses from the CNS to muscles, and
glands.