When Sandy scalded her toe in a tub of hot water,the pain message was carried to her spinal cord by the ________ nervous system.

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The somatic nervous system is responsible for carrying sensory information from the body's sensory receptors (like the nerves on Sandy's toe) to the spinal cord and brain. This system allows us to feel touch, pressure, temperature, and pain. The sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems are responsible for regulating automatic functions like heart rate, breathing, and digestion, and the central nervous system includes the brain and spinal cord. However, neither of these systems specifically carries pain messages from the body to the spinal cord.

When Sandy Scalded Her Toe in a Tub of Hot