This area of the brain is responsible for the auditory startle reflex.

a. precentral gyrus
b. superior colliculi
c. inferior colliculi
d. temporal lobe


Ans; c. inferior colliculi

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

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Why do men experience inguinal hernias more often than women?

A. Men, on average, are more often overweight than women. B. Men have lengthier intestines than women. C. Men have a weaker inguinal canal due to the descent of the testes. D. Men tend to have weaker abdominal muscles than women. E. Men tend to have stronger abdominal muscles than women.

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Thrusting the head forward to contact an incoming soccer ball is an example of ________.

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

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which term refers to a type of inheritance in which three or more alleles exist for the same gene?

a) incomplete dominance b) pleiotropy c) sex-linked inheritance d) polygenic inheritance e) multiple allele inheritance

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