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The mammalian diving reflex is an example of the body's attempt to maintain?
Homeostasis :)
What is diving reflex?
The Diving Reflex makes your body need a bit less air so you can stay under water for a longer time. It's a mammal trait more effective in sea animals than humans and is triggered when water under 21 °C (70 °F) comes in contact with the face.
What are the properties of reflex action?
The value of a reflex action is to survive. For example, if we place our hands on a hot oven. Our reflex would be to take our hand off and register the pain. OR A perfect example would be the rooting reflex. Which helps a breastfed infant find the mother's nipple. Babies display it only when hungry and touched by another person, not when they touch themselves.
What are two example of reflex actions and their importance?
The Pupillary Light Reflex and the Corneal Reflex (or Blink Reflex) are two important reflexes because the Light Reflex prevents damage to eye compopents related to over exposure to light and also helps the eye to accommodate visually, when there is less light; The Blink Reflex prevents objects from entering the eye and lubricates the eye. Also, breathing and heart beat are thought to be reflex actions.
What occurs during the reflex arc.?
The pathway that an impulse travels from your foot back to your leg is an example of a reflex arc. A reflex arc includes a sensory receptor (in this case, a receptor in your toe), sensory neuron, motor neuron, and effector (leg muscle). Some reflex arcs include interneurons. In other reflex arcs, a sensory neuron communicates directly with a motor neuron.
The mammalian diving reflex is an example of the body's attempt to maintain?
Homeostasis :)
What reflex is responsible for the decreased oxygen consumption and redistribution of blood to vital organs in cool water drowning victims?
Mammalian diving reflex
Why do you have an urge to urinate when sudden cold air hits you or when reaching into the freezer?
What you are experiencing is known as the Mammalian Diving Reflex. An adaptation of the human body to allow us to better function and hold our breath for a longer time when diving underwater.
What reflex is the knee jerk reflex an example of?
knee jerk aka patellar reflex is an example of a stretch reflex
An example of a reflex?
knee-jerk reflex
A reflex is an example of what type of response?
a reflex ia an example of an instinctive response
The patellar knee jerk reflex is an example of?
Patellar reflex is an involuntary, deep tendon and myotatic reflex
Sneezing is an example of a?
Reflex
The knee jerk is an example of a?
Stretch reflex that helps keep your knees from buckling
The patellar reflex is a type of?
knee jerk aka patellar reflex is an example of a stretch reflex
Is reflex a learned process?
may be, but not always.
Knee jerk is an example of a?
Reflex
