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vlada-n [284]
3 years ago
12

As you enter the kitchen after school you can smell chocolate chip cookies baking. This scent causes you to salivate. Your saliv

ation is best explained by:
Biology
1 answer:
Alchen [17]3 years ago
6 0

Answer: reflex (involuntary) action

Explanation:

Salivation, after smelling baked cookies is best described as a reflex action, i.e it is a rapid, automatic and unconscious response that would always occur regardless of time or environment.

Other examples of reflex actions are

- blinking of the eye

- withdrawal of hand from hot objects etc

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