Match the following:

A) Reverberating circuit
B) Parallel after-discharge circuit
C) Converging circuit
D) Diverging circuit

1) One incoming fiber triggers responses in ever-increasing numbers farther and farther along the circuit.
2) May be involved in complex, exacting types of mental processing.
3) Involved in control of rhythmic activities such as breathing.
4) Involved in activating fibers of a skeletal muscle such as the biceps muscle.
5) Different types of sensory input can have the same ultimate effect.


1) D) Diverging circuit
2) B) Parallel after-discharge circuit
3) A) Reverberating circuit
4) D) Diverging circuit
5) C) Converging circuit

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