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If You Were to Submerge Your Hand in a Bucket

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If you were to submerge your hand in a bucket of ice water, after only a few seconds your instinct would be to remove your hand from the cold environment. You perceive the desire to remove your hand from the water because


A) sensory neurons communicate with your brain that the cold is undesirable and removing your hand will solve the problem
B) sensory neurons synapse with interneurons in the spinal cord to reflex and pull your arm out of the cold water
C) motor neurons in your arm are receiving stimulation from both the brain and the spinal cord to pull your arm out of the water
D) sensory neurons communicate to your brain that the motor neurons in your arm are shutting down due to the cold

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