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What is an advantage of a spinal reflex if you touch a hot stove?
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It is hard to choose an answer as you give no "following".
As far as these reflexes go, they involve only two neurons. One for sensation (heat) and one for motor (pull away). This is the fastest type of reflex and prevents the most damage. A third signal goes to the brain as a "report".
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When you touch a hot stove is it the endocrine system or the nervous system that signals you that something is wrong?
It is the nervous system working through reflex arc systems of the spinal cord.
What are the steps of how tissues help your hand move when you touch a hot stove?
when you touch something hot , a message flashes to and from your spinal cord.this reflex causes you to move your hand.
What respond to a stimulus that does not involve the brain?
It is called a reflex and does not involve the brain, but instead, the spinal cord. So, in effect, the spinal cord can also 'think' and process information, though not quite the level of complexity as the brain, especially the cerebral cortex. But, that is a good thing. If I touch a hot stove, my spinal cord will send out a signal to pull my hand off well before my 'brain' feels the heat. There is a lot of survival value to reflex arcs that are essential to survival that do not include the brain.
If you touch a hot stove and you remove your hand right away you are employing an?
You are employing a reflex action that requires you not to make a conscience decision. To keep your hand on the hot stove, you would need to make a decision to keep it there, ignoring the pain. Another reflex action is to blink if someone tries to poke you in the eye. Even if you know that the poke will not actually touch your eye, reflex causes you to blink.
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.
What is a response caused by the spinal cord interpreting an impulse from sensory receptors?
The only response by the spinal cord is not an interpretation but a reflex. A sensory impulse comes in and at the cord a reflexive arc occurs taking information to muscles or glands. The brain does the interpretation. You touch a hot stove and that info goes to the spinal cord which causes a reflexive action where the muscles move the hand away. All that happens before the brain gets an "incident report".
What is the response caused by spinal cord interpreting an impulse from sensory receptor?
The only response by the spinal cord is not an interpretation but a reflex. A sensory impulse comes in and at the cord a reflexive arc occurs taking information to muscles or glands. The brain does the interpretation. You touch a hot stove and that info goes to the spinal cord which causes a reflexive action where the muscles move the hand away. All that happens before the brain gets an "incident report".
What is the function of reflex arc?
The reflex arc allows sensory neurons to synapse in the spinal cord instead of the brain, allowing actions to occur relatively quickly by activating spinal motor neurons without needing to send signals through the brain. For example, a person touching a hot stove would flinch before thinking about it, and protect tissues from further damage.
What reflex occurs when you touch a baby's cheek?
rooting reflex
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!"
Describe what happens in your nervous system when you touch a hot stove Use the words reflex nerve impulse and nuerons?
when you touch a hot stove you feel pain in your hand. Your hand feels the pain and sends a message of pain to the brain. The brain sends a message to stop before any more damage is done
Where do reflex actions occur?
Reflex action means a reaction you have given involuntarily. If you touch the immensely painful object, the touching hand or foot is removed away with out your knowledge. Here three neurons are involved. 1) Afferent 2) In the spinal cord 3) Efferent. This is called as reflex arc. Simultaneously information goes to higher centers and you notice the the problem, later on. So reflex action occurs at the level of spinal cord only.
