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∙ 14y agoSome reflexes involve both the brain and the spinal cord while some only involve the spinal cord.
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∙ 11y agoReflexes don't always involve the spinal cord. Having to manage all the reflexes is hard, so some of them work without the spinal cord (eg. like the one in your knee.)
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∙ 9y agoYou have three neurons in reflex arc. Sensory neuron, connecting neuron and the motor neuron.
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What part of the brain controls simple reflexes that do not involve the brain?
spinal cord
What cord mediated reflexes?
The knee and elbow reflexes
What is the superficial cord reflex?
Superficial cord reflexes are the reflexes that happen when the body is exposed to pain. Superficial cord reflexes are centered in the spinal cord not the brain.
Spinal reflexes are produced in what?
Introduction. Spinal cord reflexes are simple behaviors produced by central nervous system (CNS) pathways that lie entirely within the spinal cord. The sensory afferent fibers that evoke these reflexes enter the spinal cord and activate spinal motor neurons directly or through a chain of one or more spinal interneurons
What responsible for autonomic reflexes?
spinal cord
The simplest reflexes are mediated at the level of the?
spinal cord
Do reflexes occur in the spinal cord?
the spinal cords role in reflexes is to help you move about when it is needed when reacting to a stimuli
What are the three major functions of the spinal cord?
conduction,locomotion,reflexes
What is the area of the nervous system that is responsible for mediating reflexes?
The spinal cord.
What is the homeostatic value of flexor reflexes?
Reflexes help to maintain homeostasis by permitting the body to make exceedingly rapid adjustments to homeostatic imbalances (The Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves).
Does the spinal cord control reflexes?
The spinal cord relays messages between the brain and body, making it possible to move and fell sensation.
Car accident spinal cord was severed at the 12th level thoracic Spinal cord reflexes below this level are absent What is this called?
paraplegia
