Princeton's WordNet(1.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition: 1  cocoa, chocolate, hot chocolate, drinking chocolate(noun) a beverage made from cocoa powder and milk and sugar; usually drunk hot. 2  cocoa(noun) powder of ground roasted cacao beans with most of the fat removed.
Nerve and Muscles of the Respiratory System. When a spinal cord injury occurs, the lungs and the alveoli remain the same. However, just as the injury affects the nerves that control the muscles of the arms and legs, it also affects the nerves that activate the muscles used for breathing.
The spinal cord is continuous with the brain, together forming the central nervous system. List its three basic functions. 1. The spinal cord and its associated spinal nerves contain neuronal. circuits that mediate spinal reflexes.2. The spinal cord is the site for integration (summing) of nerve impulses that arise locally or arrive from the periphery and brain.3. The spinal cord provides the pathways by which sensory nerve impulses reach the brain and motor nerve impulses pass from the brain to motor neurons.he spinal cord is continuous with the brain, together forming the central nervous system. List its three basic functions. 1. The spinal cord and its associated spinal nerves contain neuronal. circuits that mediate spinal reflexes.