Answer to Question #97794 in Human Anatomy and Physiology for Isaiah

Question

A small insect lands on your nose and you use you remove the insect with your hand.explain what happens in the nervous,muscular and skeletal system from the moment the insect lands to the moment it was removed.

Answer 1

When an insect lands on the skin, it is perceived as an irritation of the tactile receptors of the skin. The signal of irritation is transmitted to the cortical part of the tactile analyzer, where information is integrated and processed and the conclusion is made that the stimulus must be eliminated. The signal about the stimulus is transmitted to the neuromuscular synapses of the necessary muscles of the limb to perform a motor act in the form of brushing an insect.