Choose the incorrect statement regarding how the nervous system coordinates home
ID: 30601 • Letter: C
Question
Choose the incorrect statement regarding how the nervous system coordinates homeostasis in the body.
a) Through sense organs and simple sensory nerve endings, the nervous system receives information about changes in the body and the external environment and transmits coded messages to the spinal cord and brain. b) The spinal cord and brain process information without regard to past experiences, and determine what response, if any, is appropriate to the circumstances. c) The spinal cord and brain issue commands primarily to muscle and gland cells to carry out such responses. d) The first and second choices are incorrect. e) The second and third choices are incorrect.Explanation / Answer
The nervous system maintains homeostasis by controlling and regulating the other parts of the body. It receives information about changes in the body and the external environment through the sense organs and simple sensory nerve endings and transmits coded messages to the spinal cord and brain.
The spinal cord and brain process this information with regard to past experiences, and determine what response, is appropriate to the circumstances. They issue commands primarily to the muscle cells and the gland cells to carry out the responses.
Of the given statements, the statement (b) is not true of the nervous system.