Sunday, August 2, 2009

Deep reflexes These are basically stretch reflexes and are elicited by stroking the appropriate lendon or by other related methods, which results in s

The/ are also called tendon jerks. Examples knee jerk, biceps jerk, ankle jerk, jaw jerk and so on 3 Visceral reflexes These are reflexes where al least a part of the reflex arc is formed by autortomit nerve Examples Pupillary reflex, barorecepfor reflex, gastric reflexes and so on 4 Pathological reflexes These are reflexes which are not found m normal persons, their presence indicates some pathological condition within Ihe body That is, they are found only in pathological states Example. Babinski's sign Anatomical Classification A segmenlal reflex is one where ihe

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