Human Biology
Human Biology
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ISBN: 9781259689796
Author: Sylvia Mader, Michael Windelspecht
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 14.4, Problem 1LO
Summary Introduction

To describe:

The series of events during a spinal reflex.

Introduction:

When a stimuli, passes from the effector organ to the spinal cord is called as spinal reflex. The defected muscle passes the sensory stimulus which triggers the nerve. This nerve stimulus flows into spinal cord and through the interneuron it passes to the motor fiber, which triggers the muscle contraction. The entire process occurs involuntary, without the involvement of brain. This process is known as reflex action.

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Human Biology, Chapter 14.4, Problem 1LO

Fig. 1: The events of spinal reflex.

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