Lab 2 - Reflexes and Reactions

Question 1

automatic, involuntary response to a stimulus

Answer 1

reflex

Question 2

component parts of a reflex arc

Answer 2

stimulus, sensory receptor, afferent pathway, integrating center, efferent pathway, effector

Question 3

localized effect in reaction to a stimulus

Answer 3

paracrine effect

Question 4

three functions of reflexes

Answer 4

protective, homeostasis, clinical

Question 5

conscious response to a stimulus

Answer 5

reaction

Question 6

example of paracrine response

Answer 6

inflammation

Question 7

stretch reflex of patellar tendon

Answer 7

tendon jerk

Question 8

plantar reflex also used in babies and is called blank

Answer 8

Babinski

Question 9

pupillary light reflex is also called

Answer 9

accomodation

Question 10

balance test that tests several equilibrium reflexes

Answer 10

Romberg test

Question 11

spinning reflex

Answer 11

nystagmus

Question 12

when the other eye responds like the other eye even though it isn’t exposed to stimulus

Answer 12

consensual reflex

Question 13

reflex when the back of the neck is pinched

Answer 13

ciliospinal

Question 14

golgi tendon organ function

Answer 14

sense muscle tension

Question 15

muscle spindle receptors function

Answer 15

sense muscle length

Question 16

if a reflex is above the neck then the integrating center is the blank

Answer 16

brain

Question 17

three efferent pathways

Answer 17

general somatic, general visceral, special visceral

Question 18

four afferent pathways

Answer 18

general somatic, general visceral, special visceral, special somatic

Question 19

efferent pathway that carry motor impulses out of brain or spinal cord to skeletal muscles and cause them to contract

Answer 19

general somatic

Question 20

efferent pathway that carry motor impulses out of brain or spinal cord to smooth muscles and glands associated with internal organs

Answer 20

general visceral

Question 21

efferent pathway that carry motor impulses out from brain to muscles used for chewing, swallowing, speaking, and facial expression

Answer 21

special visceral

Question 22

afferent pathway that carry sensory impulses to brain or spinal cord from receptors in skin and skeletal muscles

Answer 22

general somatic

Question 23

afferent pathway that carry sensory impulses to brain or spinal cord from blood vessels and internal organs

Answer 23

general visceral

Question 24

afferent pathway that carry sensory impulses to brain from olfactory and taste receptors

Answer 24

special visceral

Question 25

afferent pathway that carry sensory impulses to brain from receptors for sight, hearing and equilibrium

Answer 25

special somatic