In addition to the senses of vision, taste, smell, hearing, and touch, we also have a sense called proprioception. It tells us the position of our bodies, based in part on stretch receptors in muscles. Proprioceptors are part of the ________ nervous system.

A. neuroglial
B. motor
C. peripheral
D. central


Answer: C

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a. stimulating; hypothalamus b. stimulating; anterior pituitary c. stimulating; posterior pituitary d. releasing; hypothalamus e. releasing; posterior pituitary

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a common phase of mitosis. Select the exception. a. beginning of microtubule assembly outside the nucleus b. division of centromere c. disappearance of nucleolus d. disappearance of nuclear membrane e. shortening and condensation of chromosomes make them more visible

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Since the beginning of the twentieth century, the rate at which ________ and other so-called greenhouse gases have entered the atmosphere has been faster than at any other time in the known history of life on Earth.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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