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14 Cards in this Set
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Crossed reflex
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Elicits a response on one side of the body when the opposite side is stimulated.
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Extensor thrust reflex
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Extends the limbs whenever there is pressure applied the surface of the hands or the feet.
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Flexor withdrawal reflex (also called nociceptive reflex)
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Causes flexion of the lower extremity whenever the foot is painfully stimulated
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Intersegmental reflex
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A single sensory neuron activates more than one motor neuron, stimulating more than one effector, and causing more than one action to take place
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Monosynaptic reflex
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A direct neural connection between the sensory cells and the motor neuron with no intermediary neuron needed.
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Optical righting reflex
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Allows humans (and other animals) to maintain the head in the correct position using the neck and limbs based on visual clues from the environment
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Pilomotor reflex
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Technical name for "goosebumps," a contraction of the smooth muscle of the skin because of cold or a very light stimulating touch
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Postural reflex (also called righting reflex)
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Works through the trunk and the extremities to keep the body at its right place in space when force is working to make it otherwise (such as falling)
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Psychogalvanic reflex
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A change in the electrical resistance of the skin caused by an emotional condition
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Startle reflex
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Contraction of the limb and neck muscles that occur in response to being startled
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Stretch reflex
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Tonic contraction of the muscles due to an applied force, keeps a muscle from stretching far enough to be torn
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Tendon reflex
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Takes place deep in the muscle whenever tapotement (percussion) is applied to the attached tendon
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Vasomotor reflex
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regulates the diameter of the blood vessels in response to varying degrees of sympathetic stimulation
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Visceromotor reflex
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Contraction of the muscles of the abdomen or thorax in response to a stimulus from an internal organ
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