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anjilletteb

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on: Jun 22, 2018
What ordinarily prevents extensor muscles from contracting at the same time as flexor muscles?
 
  a. the ligaments and tendons that bind them together
 b. learned patterns of coordination in the cerebral cortex
 c. inhibitory synapses in the spinal cord
 d. control of both muscles by different branches of the same axon

Question 2

The ____ increases the pituitary gland's secretion of hormones that increase insulin secretion.
 
  a. occipital cortex
 b. lateral hypothalamus
 c. medial part of the hypothalamus
 d. pineal gland


ghepp

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Reply #1 on: Jun 22, 2018
Answer to Question 1

c

Answer to Question 2

b


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