GROSS ANATOMY
SPINAL CORD
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are never homeostatic
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are automatic sympathetic responses to a stimulus.
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cannot be suppressed by higher brain functions
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are always simple pathways containing three neurons.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Most reflex arcs involve only three neurons. The stimulus, such as a needle stick, stimulates the pain receptors of the skin, which initiate an impulse in a sensory neuron.
Detailed explanation-2: -A simple reflex contains only one space where information in the spinal cord travels between two nerve cells, called neurons. The space between two neurons is called a synapse.
Detailed explanation-3: -Reflex actions There are three main types of neuron: sensory, motor and relay. These different types of neurons work together in a reflex action .
Detailed explanation-4: -There are two types of reflex arcs: the autonomic reflex arc, affecting inner organs, and the somatic reflex arc, affecting muscles. When a reflex arc consists of only two neurons, one sensory neuron, and one motor neuron, it is defined as monosynaptic. Monosynaptic refers to the presence of a direct single synapse.