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Contraction of a muscle in response to tapping the tendon or guider with a reflex hammer; it requires intact sensory nerve supply to transmit the stretching of receptors in the muscle, and intact motor nerve supply for the muscle to contract.
Ãâó: sportsmedicine.about.com/library/glossary/blglossa...
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Involuntary movement elicited by activation of sensory receptors.
Ãâó: www.ualberta.ca/~neuro/OnlineIntro/glossary.htm
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A reaction that is involuntary. The corneal reflex is the blink that occurs with irritation of the eye. The nasal reflex is a sneeze.
Ãâó: www.providence.org/alaska/tchap/glossary/R.htm
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A response mediated by the nervous system.
Ãâó: www.azspinabifida.org/gloss.html
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The action which results from the stimulation of sensory neurons, affecting efferent neurons, without the intermediation of consciousness. It is not essential that the action be unconscious, but only that consciousness, or volition, shall not affect the action.
Ãâó: www.meridianinstitute.com/eamt/files/burns2/bur2gl...
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