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Reflex Action

Reflex motion is motion that occurs without ruled by the brain. Reflex motion of an unintentional movement and do not realize that occur automatically due to the stimulation of the nerve without going through the control of brain

Reflex is the body's response mechanism shortest when taking a shortcut through the spinal cord without going through the brain first. Blinking, sneezing, coughing, including reflex.

Motion is a simple reflex reflex involves only one or several affected body part only. For example, the movement of the hand when bitten by ants, only the hands are suddenly interested in itself. However, if the mouth come screaming mean reflex complex, because it involves other parts of the body that are not exposed to or bitten by ants.

The reflex is a mechanism of reaction or response in the effort to protect body from any stimulation or danger. The reaction or response will be very fast and involuntarily. The reflex action is centered in the spinal cord. In the mechanism of reflex action, the response that is accepted by receptor organs will be carried by sensory nerves not to the brain, but to the spinal cord. Without any processing by brain, the response stimulation is carried immediately by motor nerves to effectors. The scheme is as follows.

Receptor – sensory nerves – spinal cord – motor nerves – effectors

The way of impulse in a reflex action is called reflex arcs. You will realize the reflex action shortly because some of sensory nerves carrying stimulation to brain for processing.

Reflex Action

According to the number of effectors involved, reflect action can be differentiated into single reflex and complex reflex. It can be said as simple reflex if it involves single effector, for example when your eyes winking because of dust entering the eyes. Meanwhile, the complex reflex involves more than one  effector, for example when undeliberately your bare foot steps on a stub of cigarette and then your mouth shout because of the pain you fell.
While according to the location of connecting nerve (the connector), reflex action can be divided into the brain reflex and spinal reflex. The brain reflex means that the connector is in the brain. And the spinal reflex means that the connector nerve is in the spinal cord.
Different from reflex action, the stimulus of the usual motion being processed in the brain so that you can realize the action you made. The mechanism of an usual motion is the stimulus achieved from the receptor is brought by the sensory nerve into the brain to get reaction. The reaction is next brought by the motor nerve into the effectors. The scheme of the usual motion is as follows.

Receptors – sensory nerve – brain – motor nerve – effectors