Melissa is walking around barefoot and steps on a sharp nail. She feels the pain and immediately pulls her foot off the ground away from the nail. Which neurons were involved in her response?

The job of the sympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system is to

The part of the autonomic nervous system known as the 'eat-drink-and-rest' system is the

The neurons that carry messages from the spinal cord to the muscles and glands are the

The sympathetic division of the nervous system could be called the

Which of the following statements is correct?

The _____ part of the spinal cord transmits messages to and from the brain. The _____ part controls life-saving reflexes.

A team of researchers is working on a new procedure that could result in the regrowth of neurons in the spinal cord. With which part of the nervous system is the team most concerned?

The _____ nervous system is composed of the brain and the spinal cord.