Talk:Reflex action
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In the remark about Pavlov, conditional reflex is correct - please do not change it to conditioned reflex. seglea 00:45, 1 Dec 2003 (UTC) (Professor of Psychology, PhD, umpteen other letters after name, etc, etc - look, I know what I'm talking about on this one).
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[edit] Out of date definition
In medicine, a reflex a.k.a. a reflex action is an involuntary reaction of the body to a stimulus. It is performed in consequence of an impulse or impression transmitted along afferent nerves to a nerve center, from which it is reflected to an efferent nerve, and so calls into action certain muscles, organs, or cells.
[edit] grasping reflex?
It's mentioned on [1], but I don't know what is it. Samohyl Jan 16:36, 25 May 2005 (UTC)
[edit] What does it mean?
On my doctors progress notes, he states that my reflexes are +2(in regards to my "knee-jerk" reaction), and that my plantar reflexes are down. I am wondering both what the "+2" could mean, and what does it mean if my reflexes are down? How exactly does the rating scale work?
[edit] Reflex in linguistics?
I was looking for what reflex meant in linguistics, but I didn't find it here... can someone point me to the article? -Iopq 03:07, 13 November 2005 (UTC)
- As cognate is to cousins or sisters, so reflex is to daughters or granddaughters. If a sound or form A in a daughter language is described as a reflex of sound or form B in a parent language, then A is the sound or form that B became. For example, English initial "h" is a reflex of PIE kʷ. Does that help? 207.245.124.66 15:39, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
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- It would be nice if you could elaborate it on reflex (linguistics). Samohyl Jan 18:39, 15 February 2006 (UTC)
[edit] is it just me or is that picture way to small to be readable?
unless you have a mac and can zoom in thats like.... completely unreadable
[edit] Autonomic Nervous system
I recall there being exceptions to the rule that the autonomic nervous system is entirely involuntary.
- You're right. The enteric nervous system is the big exception as I recall. Robotsintrouble 14:08, 4 November 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Merger?
Should this article be merged into reflexology or is it different enough to warrant its own article? NorthernThunder 03:56, 16 December 2006 (UTC)
- I'd oppose merge, reflexology is more of a massage technique. A reflex action is different. Robotsintrouble 08:41, 17 December 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Are learned reflexes mediated by a reflex arc?
According to the article
- A reflex action or reflex is a biological control system linking stimulus to response and mediated by a reflex arc.
Is it true also for learned reflexes that they are mediated by a reflex arc, or rather only for built-in ones? If the latter is the case, then the sentence in the article should be fixed. --Dan —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 62.245.110.111 (talk) 11:42, 1 March 2007 (UTC).
