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Mimi

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Compared with P cells, M cells have
 
  a. smaller, slower axons.
 b. smaller receptive fields.
 c. the ability to respond to subtle contrast.
  d. the ability to respond to color.

Question 2

You have been hiking, and as night falls and the temperature drops, the first part of your temperature regulation system to be activated is probably your ________, which will trigger your _________ to make you shiver.
 
  a. spinal cord; skin receptors
 b. skin receptors; hypothalamus
  c. brainstem; hypothalamus
 d. hypothalamus; skin receptors



Koolkid240

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Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b



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