Reflexes - lecture 5

Question 1

innate reflexes

Answer 1

unlearned

unvoluntary

Question 2

acquired reflexes

Answer 2

complex

learned motor patterns

Question 3

somatic

Answer 3

reflexes involving skeletal muscles and somatic motor neurons

Question 4

autonomic (visceral)

Answer 4

reflexes controlled by autonomic neurons

(HR, respiration, digestion, urination, etc.)

Question 5

activation of a receptor

Answer 5

site of a stimulus

Question 6

activation of a sensory neuron

Answer 6

transmits the afferent impulse to spinal cord (CNS)

Question 7

info processing at the integration center

Answer 7

synapses (monosynaptic reflexes) or interneurons (polysynaptic) b/w the sensory and motor neurons

Question 8

activation of a motor neuron

Answer 8

transmits the efferent impulse to effect organ

Question 9

response of a peripheral effector

Answer 9

muscle or gland that responds

Question 10

types of spinal reflexes

Answer 10

stretch

tendon

flexor

crosses extensor reflexes

Question 11

stretch

Answer 11

stretched muscle response in opposite way

Question 12

tendon

Answer 12

knee jerk

Question 13

flexor (withdrawl)

Answer 13

touch a hot plate

Question 14

flexor

Answer 14

(withdrawal)

touch a hot plate

Question 15

crossed extensor reflexes

Answer 15

something happens on one side leads to the same reaction on the other side