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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.

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What are superficial cord reflexes?

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The brain is deep or superficial to the spine cord?

superficial to the spinal cord.


Is a Babinski reflex considered a superficial reflex?

Yes, the Babinski reflex is considered a superficial reflex because it involves a response from the skin’s surface rather than from deep within the body. It is elicited by stroking the sole of the foot and observing the movement of the toes, which helps to assess the integrity of the central nervous system.


What is an abdominal reflex?

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What controls a reflex?

spinal cord


Where are reflex responses controlled?

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During a knee-jerk reflex the nerve impulse is received by the?

The knee-jerk reflex is controlled by the interneurons in the spinal cord.


What are the kidneys located superficial to?

The kidneys are superficial to the spinal column. The spine and spinal cord are deep to the kidneys.


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Why would you have no abdominal reflexes?

An abdominal reflex is a polysynaptic reflex (as being superficial reflex) that is stimulated by the stroking of the abdomen around umbilicus. If thereÕs no abdominal reflex, it is the effect of a physiological absence due to tolerance or obesity.


What Acts as a reflex center of the body?

the spinal cord