If after cutting through the dorsal root of a spinal nerve of a mammal, an associated receptor in the skin were stimulated, the animal would

Question

If after cutting through the dorsal root of a spinal nerve of a mammal, an associated receptor in the skin were stimulated, the animal would (A) still be able to feel the stimulation (B) show no response (C) show a normal but slow response (D) respond but only at a different level of spinal cord

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Spinal nerve is a mixed nerve which arises from grey matter of spinal cord. Spinal nerves have two roots. The dorsal root is sensory and the ventral root is motor, If dorsal nerve of spinal cord broken down, the pathway of nerve will break, so, no impulse will transmitted.

Q. If after cutting through the dorsal root of a spinal nerve of a mammal, an associated receptor in the skin were stimulated, the animal would

still be able to feel the stimulation

show no response

show a normal but slow response

respond but only at a different level of spinal cord

Spinal nerve is a mixed nerve which arises from grey matter of spinal cord. Spinal nerves have two roots. The dorsal root is sensory and the ventral root is motor, If dorsal nerve of spinal cord broken down, the pathway of nerve will break, so, no impulse will transmitted.