Lab 6: Finding the Nerve

Warm Up: Have you ever heard someone say "You are getting on my very last nerve!"? What do you think that statement means? How do you think that statement became popular?

Vocabulary:
1. Nervous system - includes your brain, spinal cord, and nerves
2. Nerves - sends information about the body to the brain
3. Touch Receptors - the nerve endings that detect pressure on your skin

Stt1.a.
Stt1.b.
Stt2.

Analysis Questions:
1.a. Where would you expect to have more touch receptors: on the palm of your hand or on the back of your hand? Explain your ideas.

1.b. Explain how you could test your answer to questions 1a.

2. Review your results from Activity 5, “Can you feel the difference?” Based on what you now know, where on your arm (fingers, palm, or forearm) do you have the fewest touch receptors?