Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 14e with Atlas of the Skeleton Set (14th Edition)

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ISBN 10: 1-11877-456-6
ISBN 13: 978-1-11877-456-4

Chapter 13 - The Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves - Figure 13.16 - Page 466: 1

Answer

The flexor reflex is intersegmental because impulses are transmitted over motor neurons located in several spinal nerves, each of which derives from a different segment of the spinal cord

Work Step by Step

In an intersegmental reflex, nerve impulses from a single sensory neuron ascends and descends in the spinal cord activating interneurons in several different segments of the spinal cord
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