Casey got up one morning after only a few hours of sleep and plugged in the iron to press his shirt. When he heard a ringing sound, he grabbed the iron by the hot part, and before he could say "hello," he dropped it with a crash. The parts of Casey's nervous system that caused him to drop the hot iron were his
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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