section three- reflexes and reflex arc

Question 1

when you touch your hand on a hot stove, you immediately pull away, even before you feel the
pain. This is an example of a ________

Answer 1

reflex response

Question 2

Reflexes take place so quickly because they

Answer 2

do NOT have to travel up to your brain to be processed.

Question 3

Reflexes are not controlled by the brain; reflexes are controlled by the

Answer 3

spinal cord

Question 4

labelled an example of a reflex arc stimulus-response model.

Answer 4

stimulus to recepter to spinal cord to efferctor to reponse

Question 5

How does a reflex arc differ from the regular stimulus-response model?

Answer 5

stimulus respons model - messages go to brain to make dissitions
reflex arc - doesnt need brain to make diceition, there is an emidiate aoutomatic response from the spoinal cord

Question 6

What advantages are provided by our reflexes?

Answer 6

quick reponse to provent harm