2. There is not much difference in a sympathetic spinal cord reflex then a monosynaptic. The only difference is that a sympathetic spinal cord reflex involves more then one area of the spinal cord. In this reaction multiple vertebrae sends messages to parts of the body in order to protect its self. I have a personal example that demonstrate this entire process. When I was younger I was playing little league baseball and I was having a catch with one of my teammates. I was not paying attention and he threw the ball to me and it hit me in head. Lucky it was only a tennis ball but my body did not react to this at all. What this did though it created negative feedback. Because the ball hit me it caused pain and discomfort, so in turn my body trained itself to react to the ball to protect myself by throwing my hands up. This entire process begins in the receptors in your eyes. The corpora quadradremina located in the midbrain helps you pick of the movement of the tennis ball. The cones and rods in your eyes send out a messages to your occipital nerve which is connected to the cervical plexis. Then from there a signal is sent the vertebrae’s C5, C6, C7 and C8. It is also sent to T1 and T2. After its journey to the vertebra it is sent directly to motor neurons in the arm and shoulders to help you lift your arms and hands so that you can protect your face. This entire process is learned and becomes an automatic reaction. It is also called a Multi-polar reaction. This entire process happens in seconds and can not be controlled once learned.
There is not much difference in a sympathetic spinal cord reflex then a monosynaptic. The only difference is that a sympathetic spinal cord reflex involves more then one area of the spinal cord. In this reaction multiple vertebrae sends messages to parts of the body in order to protect its self. I have a personal example that demonstrate this entire process. When I was younger I was playing little league baseball and I was having a catch with one of my teammates. I was not paying attention and he threw the ball to me and it hit me in head. Lucky it was only a tennis ball but my body did not react to this at all. What this did though it created negative feedback. Because the ball hit me it caused pain and discomfort, so in turn my body trained itself to react to the ball to protect myself by throwing my hands up. This entire process begins in the receptors in your eyes. The corpora quadradremina located in the midbrain helps you pick of the movement of the tennis ball. The cones and rods in your eyes send out a messages to your occipital nerve which is connected to the cervical plexis. Then from there a signal is sent the vertebrae’s C5, C6, C7 and C8. It is also sent to T1 and T2. After its journey to the vertebra it is sent directly to motor neurons in the arm and shoulders to help you lift your arms and hands so that you can protect your face. This entire process is learned and becomes an automatic reaction. It is also called a Multi-polar reaction. This entire process happens in seconds and can not be controlled once learned.
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