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When a person steps on a tack they often jerk their leg away _____________ they are aware
of what happened. The impulse initially traveled from the ______________ in the skin up to a
(an) _____________ neuron into the _________. Then the impulse jumps across a(an)
___________ to a(an) ______________ and across to another synapse and on to a
______________ neuron which activates a(n) ______________ muscle in the leg. The leg jerks
away before the stimulus is registered, but a(n) ______________ continues to travel up the
______________ to the ___________ and pain is then registered. This is process is known as a(an)
_______________ because it occurs without conscious thinking.
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