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When a Vertebrate Animal Contracts the Flexor Muscles of a Leg

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 When a vertebrate animal contracts the flexor muscles of a leg, it relaxes the extensor muscles of the same leg. Sherrington considered this evidence for the existence of ____.


A) spatial summation
B) temporal summation
C) inhibitory messages
D) the delay in transmission at synapses

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