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1. A. Explain how a light touch stimulates a nerve impulse.B. How does the impulse travel to the brain?C. Where in the brain is the impulse received?
Hi Again Katie;
Special skin receptors are sensitive to pressure (touch) When your are touched a sensory nerve sends a message to the spinal cord and other neurons carry the impulse to the brain to an area behind the Central sulcus. Interpretation of the touch occurs in the forebrain
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