Term
Flexor/Withdrawal Reflex
Stimulus
Sensory Receptor
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Definition
Stimulus - PAIN
Sensory Receptor - Nocoiceptors
Response - Flexing and withdrawing from the painful stimuli |
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Term
Crossed-extensor Reflex
Stimulus
Receptor
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Definition
Stimulus - PAIN
Receptor - Nocioceptors
Response - Extensor muscle on the opposite side of the body are stimulated (flexor muscles are inhibited.) |
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Term
| Describe how the Crossed-extensor reflex work? |
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Definition
| Sensory neurons synapse with an interneuron that crosses to the other side of the spinal cord, and synapse with more interneurons that go ip and down to other segments. |
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Term
| What is the only reflex that occurs contralaterally in the body? |
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Definition
Crossed-extensor reflex.
The response occurs on the opposite side of the body. |
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Term
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Definition
Stretch - Tendon - Flexor Withdrawl
All 7 steps of the reflex arc happen on the same side |
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Term
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Definition
Stretch - Tendon
The sensory neuron and motor neuron are found on the same spinal cord segment. |
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Term
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Definition
Flexor Withdrawal - Crossed-extensor
Interneuronas ascend and decend to additional cord segments involving multiple spinal nerves. |
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