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What involuntary automatic response controlled from the spinal cord?
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What do you call an automatic response to an environment?
An automatic response to an environment is known as a reflex. This is a quick, involuntary reaction to a stimulus that helps protect the body from harm. Reflexes are controlled by the spinal cord and do not require conscious thought.
What is true regarding voluntary and involuntary response?
Voluntary responses are under conscious control, while involuntary responses occur without conscious control. Voluntary responses typically involve skeletal muscles, while involuntary responses involve smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, or glandular secretions controlled by the autonomic nervous system.
Define reflex action?
Reflex action is an immediate response to a specific stimulus without conscious control. Spinal reflexes are controlled by the spinal cord. And the spinal cord and the brain are Reflex centres.Examples of reflex actions are scratching when your skin is itchy, the sudden blinking of the eye when a hand is waved in front of it, and also salivation when food is in the mouth.
What part of the nervous system would be responsible for moving your hand from a burner?
A reflex is a rapid, involuntary response to a stimulus. Most reflexes are spinal reflexes with pathways that traverse only the spinal cord. During a spinal reflex, information may be transmitted to the brain, but it is the spinal cord, and not the brain, that is responsible for the integration of sensory information and a response transmitted to motor neurons. If you touch a very hot burner, your hand will move away faster than information goes to your brain to tell you "Hey, that is hot!"
What connects the brain to the spinal cord and takes care of basic involuntary functions?
RETINA
Reflex responses are controlled in your what?
Spinal Cord
Where are reflex responses controlled?
spinal cord.....=)
What is a reflex?
A reflex is a quick involuntary action. There are five steps to a reflex: the stimulus occurs, the sensory neurons sense the stimulus, it sends a message to your spinal cord (it doesn't reach the brain right then), the spinal cord sends a message to your motor neurons, and the reflex occurs. While this is happening, the message goes on to your brain, which is why you feel the pain slightly after you jerk your hand out of the hot tub.A reflex is an involuntary response to a stimuliBlinking, Gagging, and Coughing, are examples of reflexes. In Infants, there are reflexes called Moro, rooting, and sucking.Many of the reflexes of infants are lost as they grow older. For example, sucking from a nipple for food is different than using a straw. Use of the straw is not response to stimulus, and therefore not a reflex.Reflexes follow a Reflex ARC. The Arc is through the spinal cord. While the information gets sent to the brain (you know you touched something hot, or you are choking and coughing), the reflex totally by-passes the brain. A reflex arc starts at the point of stimulation, goes to the spinal cord, and the return arc is the action. It saves time. Reflexes are protective. For instance: Touching a hot stove. You touch it, and the response is an immediate reflex to withdraw. It didn't go to your brain for you to think about. The arc was at the spinal cord for faster response time.
The knee jerk reflex is an example of a?
A reflex is a rapid, involuntary response to a stimulus. A reflex arc is the pathway traveled by the nerve impulses during a reflex.Most reflexes are spinal reflexes with pathways that traverse only the spinal cord. During a spinal reflex, information may be transmitted to the brain, but it is the spinal cord, and not the brain, that is responsible for the integration of sensory information and a response transmitted to motor neurons.Information is sent to the brain but that takes awhile longer. It is best if you remove your hand from the fire as fast as possible and not wait until the brain yells "hot, hot!".
What is cranial reflex?
A cranial reflex is a fast, involuntary response to a stimulus. It uses the brain stem as an integrating center (the brain receives sensory information and generates a response). This is contrasted to a spinal reflex, when the response is generated in the spinal cord itself, and the brain only finds out a reflex has occurred after the fact.An example of a cranial reflex would be the tracking movements of your eyes as you are reading this sentence. The dilation and contraction of your pupils in response to different levels of light is another cranial reflex.--------------An example of a spinal reflex would be standing on a pin or touching a hot object.
Which sympathetic routes are controlled by sweat glands?
spinal
What controls the reflex?
Most of them are controlled by the spinal column.
