Lab 14

Question 1

afferent pathway

Answer 1

sensory neuron send info to CNS

Question 2

efferent pathway

Answer 2

motor neuron sends signal to effector cell

Question 3

integrating center

Answer 3

location of initial processing of sensory info

Question 4

where in the CNS does the afferent neuron synapse to one or more neurons

Answer 4

integrating center

Question 5

somatic reflex

Answer 5

activate skeletal muscle following stimulus

Question 6

autonomic reflex occurs when

Answer 6

activity of an internal organ is reflexively altered

Question 7

deep reflexes

Answer 7

those that are evoked by a tap on the appropriate tendon, ligament or muscle

Question 8

superficial reflexes

Answer 8

result from application of gentle cutaneous stimuli

Question 9

monosynaptic reflex

Answer 9

reflex that involves only one synapse

Question 10

polysynaptic reflex

Answer 10

reflex that involves more than one synapse

Question 11

myotatic reflex is what kind of reflex

Answer 11

monosynaptic

Question 12

myotatic reflex function

Answer 12

to resist stretching or lengthening of skeletal muscle

Question 13

receptor in the myotatic reflex

Answer 13

muscle spindle

Question 14

muscle spindle contains

Answer 14

intrafusal fibers

Question 15

Latent period

Answer 15

the time it takes for electrical transmission of action potentials along neurons involved in the reflex