The correct order in which a nervous system message "to walk" is transmitted from your brain to the muscles in your legs is
A) motor cortex-thalamus-cerebellum-efferent nerves.
B) somatosensory cortex-midbrain-cerebellum-afferent nerves.
C) motor cortex-midbrain-cerebellum-efferent nerves.
D) motor cortex-midbrain-cerebrum-afferent nerves.

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The motor cortex initiates the message to walk, which then travels through the midbrain to the cerebellum for coordination of movement. Finally, the message is sent out through efferent nerves to the muscles in the legs for the action of walking to occur. The thalamus and somatosensory cortex are not directly involved in this specific motor function.

The Correct Order in Which a Nervous System Message "To