Asked by armando
Which of the following correctly lists the structures through which tactile stimuli travel after being converted into neural signals?
A.
spinal cord, somatosensory cortex, thalamus
B.
somatosensory cortex, thalamus, spinal cord
C.
thalamus, spinal cord, somatosensory cortex
D.
spinal cord, thalamus, somatosensory cortex
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D.
Touch signals travel from peripheral receptors into the spinal cord, ascend (via pathways such as the dorsal column–medial lemniscus), synapse in the thalamus, and are then relayed to the primary somatosensory cortex.
Touch signals travel from peripheral receptors into the spinal cord, ascend (via pathways such as the dorsal column–medial lemniscus), synapse in the thalamus, and are then relayed to the primary somatosensory cortex.
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