In the enteric nervous system, a long reflexive pathway has an advantage over a short reflexive pathway in the fact that ________

A) long reflexive pathways last much longer than short reflexive pathways
B) long reflexive pathways can respond throughout the entire length of the GI tract while short reflexive pathways can only respond in the proximal end
C) long reflexive pathways are quicker to respond than short reflexive pathways
D) long reflexive pathways can be stimulated by things outside of the GI tract


D

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