Spinal Reflex KKDP2

Question 1

Conscious Response:

Answer 1

A conscious response to a sensory stimulus in a reaction that involves awareness.

Question 2

Unconscious Response:

Answer 2

An unconscious response to a sensory stimulus in a reaction that does not involve awareness.

Question 3

Spinal Reflex:

Answer 3

An unconscious, involuntary and automatically occurring response to certain stimuli without the involvement of the brain.

Question 4

Spinal Reflex often referred as:

Answer 4

A reflex arc, because the spinal cord responds to the message directly before the message is carried further to the brain.

Question 5

Spinal reflex is good because:

Answer 5

It enables a faster reaction time and increases our chance of survival, thus considered an adaptive response.