ACTIVITY 1
Your alarm clock woke you up early in the morning as a signal that you need to prepare for class. You stretched, yawned, and began to salivate as you smell the brewing coffee. Your stomach also begins to rumble. List the divisions of the nervous system that are involved in each of these responses.
- Waking up to the sound of the alarm clock: Somatic Sensory
- Stretching: Somatic Motor
- Yawning: Somatic Motor
- Salivating: Autonomic (Parasympathetic) Motor
- Smelling the brewing coffee: Somatic Sensory
- Rumbling stomach: Enteric Motor
Reference
Tortora, G., & Derrickson B. (2017). Principles of Anatomy and Physiology (15th ed.). Wiley.