Biology Questions and Answers

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Biology Questions and Answers


example of the arch reflex occurs when


someone steps oleg retracts and the other, by the archn a sharp object: one (^)
reflex, distends to maintain the
equilibrium of the body.



  1. Which are the types of
    neurons that participate in the
    spinal arch reflex? Where are
    their cell bodies situated?


In the arch reflex first a sensory neuron
located in the ganglion oroot collects the stimulus inf a dorsal spiformation nal
from the tissues. This sensory neuron


makes direct or interneurons) conindirect (throughnection with inferior (^)
motor neurons of the spinal cord. These
motor reaction. So seneurons then commannsory neurons,d the reflex
interneurons and inferior motor neurons
participate in the arch reflex.



  1. What are the respective
    constituents of the gray
    matter and of the white
    matter of the spinal cord?


The gray matter, or gray substance, of


the spinal cord coneuron bodies (inferior motor ntains predominantlyneurons, (^)
secondary sensory neurons and
interneurons). Thmainly made of axons that cone white matter isnect (^)
neurons of the brain with spinal
neurons.



  1. Is the neural impulse
    generated by the stimulus
    that triggers the arch reflex
    restricted within the neurons
    of this circuit?


The sensory arch reflex confiber that first connects with neurons of theducts the (^)
arch reflex but it also connects with
secondary scord that transmitensory n information upeurons of the spinalwards
to other neurons of the brain. This is
obvious since the initial stimulusthe person that received (e.g., the percussion (^)
on his/her kneecap) perceives it
(meaning that thconscious of the fact).e brain became



  1. How is it explained that a
    person with the spinal cord
    sectioned at the cervical level
    is still able to perform the
    patellar reflex?


The arch reflex depends only on theintegrity of the fibers at a single spinal (^)
level. In the arch reflex the motor
response to thand involuntary ae stimulus is automaticnd does not depend
upon the passage of information to the
brain. So cord is damait happens even if the spinalged at other levels.



  1. How does poliomyelitis
    affect the neural transmission
    in the spinal cord?


The poliovirspinal motor nus parasiteseurons causin and destroysg paralysis (^)
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