Question
6) The statements below describe how a stimulus in the environment would stimulate a
response in the nervous system. Arrange it chronologically by filing in 1-5 in the blanks.
A message about the stimulus is sent to the sensory neurons.
Finally, it sends a message back to the motor neurons for an action.
The brain interprets the message.
Receptor neurons from a part of the body sensing a stimulus from the environment.
Then, it goes to the brain.
Answer
1. Receptor neurons from a part of the body sensing a stimulus from the environment.
2. A message about the stimulus is sent to the sensory neurons.
3. The brain interprets the message.
4. Then, it goes to the brain.
5. Finally, it sends a message back to the motor neurons for an action.