Describe the path of nerve impulses involved in thewithdrawal reflex that occurs when one pricks a finger ona sharp pin. Name each element in the reflex arc and stateits function.

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A: A stretch reflex involves sensation perception of the tap by the intrafusal fibres in the muscle…

Q: What is affected by electrical signal sent by forth reflex arc structure?(This will be the fifth…

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Q: What is a withdrawal reflex? How do reciprocalinnervation and the crossed extensor reflex assist…

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Q: Define the term stretch reflex and describe how such reflexes are used to anatomically localize SCI

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Q: Sometimes, when it is difficult to initiate a knee-jerk reflexby tapping the patellar tendon,a…

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Q: Provide the best explanation why the patellar reflex is considered a monosynaptic reflex. O The…

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Q: Where the reflex arcs are formed?

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Q: The withdrawal reflex is a monosynaptic reflex arc. True OR False

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Q: The knee-jerk reflex is often called a stretch reflex because a sharp tap on the patellar ligament…

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Q: The central terminals of afferent neurons mediating spinal reflexes are distributed within the…

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Q: However, it should be clear from our ability to feel the tendon tap as well as the results from the…

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Q: Describe the parasympathetic reflexes that involve thebrainstem

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Q: Reflex arcs contain all except O Efferent neuron Cerebellum O Afferent neuron O Interneuron

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Q: Identify the indicated part of the reflex arc model. NERV OUS S YSTEM reflex arc motor neuron…

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Q: Do you think the patellar reflex would be inhibited or enhanced by actively contracting the…

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Q: Name the nerve that carries the sensory and motor axons for this reflex arc.

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Q: Where is the cell body of the forth structure reflex arc located?

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Learning and memory

Learning is defined as a relatively permanent and irreversible adaptive change in behavior. It always results from experience. The ability of an organism to store and recall the effects, sensations, and knowledge gained through learning and experience is called memory.