Test 2.0 Flashcards
What is a vestibular reflex
When you keep your head up when falling
Why do you have reflexes in your head?
To keep your orientation to the environment
What are low level reflexes
Spinal
What is a brain stem reflex?
Protection of extension
True or false
Does everyone have a starter reflex and if so when is it the strongest?
True and as babies
What two systems are connected?
Sensory and motor
What type of reflex does star fish have
Withdrawl reflex
What is the most common sensory system
Mechanical receptor
Define mechanical receptor
A mechanic system is transduced into neural codes “generate numeral system”
Define chemoreceptors
Respond to chemical stimuli ex: taste, smell, pain
What is the first roll of sensory system
Transduction
What is transduction
The process to taking energy and then coding it into a neural activity
True or false
Can you transduce anything
True
Explain phantom pain
When you can still feel pain in an extremity that no longer exist
What type of channels do axons have
Sodium voltage dependent channels