Casey gets up one morning after only a few hours of sleep and heats up some water for tea in a pot with a noninsulated handle. As he picks up the pot by the handle a few minutes later, he drops it with a crash. Which part of Casey's nervous system causes him to drop the pot??

a. ?substantia nigra and sensory neurons
b. ?spinal cord, sensory neurons, and motor neurons
c. ?cerebral cortex and motor neurons
d. ?amygdala and sensory neurons


ANSWER:
b

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