Reflex

Question 1

What is a reflex?

Answer 1

Is an automatic, sudden, involuntary response to a stimulus

Question 2

What is a reflex arc?

Answer 2

The pathway followed by nerve impulses that produce a reflex

Question 3

What is included in a reflex?

Answer 3

Sensory receptor -> sensory neuron -> integrating center -> motor neurons -> effector

Question 4

What is ipsilateral reflex?

Answer 4

Same side of the body

Question 5

What is stretch reflex?

Answer 5

Causes contraction of a skeletal muscle in response to stretching of the muscle

Question 6

What is tendon reflex?

Answer 6

Increase tension on a tendon