Monique sticks her left hand into a hot tub heated to about 43°C (110°F) in orde

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Monique sticks her left hand into a hot tub heated to about 43°C (110°F) in order to decide if she wants to enter the hot tub. Trace the pathway involved in transmitting the sensation of heat from her left hand to the somato-sensory area in the cerebral cortex. Monique sticks her left hand into a hot tub heated to about 43°C (110°F) in order to decide if she wants to enter the hot tub. Trace the pathway involved in transmitting the sensation of heat from her left hand to the somato-sensory area in the cerebral cortex.

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Actually, sense from left side of body will be carried to right cerebral cortex.stomato sensory system is used to sense the heat and any other senses.when monique keep her left hand in hot water thermoreceptors in skin gets activated and axons carriers the signals to receptors which are present in skin,muscles, epithelial tissues, bones. They will be carried to right cerebral hemisphere.

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