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What term means: something that causes you to react in a certain way? |
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What term means: a reaction to a stimulus? |
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What term means: an automatic (involuntary) response to a stimulus? |
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| What is the purpose of reflexes? |
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| to protect you in some way |
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Name some reflexes and how they protect you. |
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sneezing: keeps harmful substances from getting in your lungs blinking/tears: cleans your eyes
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| How can reflexes be so quick? |
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Reflexes do NOT use the brain. They are controlled by the spinal cord. |
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What term means: part of the neuron that gets stimuli from the environment? (en/vi/ron/ment) |
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| What is the path of a message in a reflex? |
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finger (receptor) touches something hot (stimulus) (messgae goes to spinal cord) (message goes to muscle) finger moves away from heat (response)
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