Uploaded October 2024 | Updated September 2026, 3 hours ago
In this video, we look at reflex actions. First we look at why reflex actions are beneficial to an organism. We then explore the pathway of neurones in a reflex action. And finally, we look at the knee jerk reflex.
Image credits:
Grasp reflex
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User:Mattes, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Reflex
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MartaAguayo, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Knee reflex (used as template by S. Donnelly)
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patellar_tendon_reflex_arc.png
Amiya Sarkar, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
In this video, we look at reflex actions. First we look at why reflex actions are beneficial to an organism. We then explore the pathway of neurones in a reflex action. And finally, we look at the knee jerk reflex.
Image credits:
Grasp reflex
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Greifreflex.JPG
User:Mattes, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Reflex
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Imgnotra%C3%A7at_arc_reflex_eng.svg
MartaAguayo, CC BY-SA 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Knee reflex (used as template by S. Donnelly)
commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patellar_tendon_reflex_arc.png
Amiya Sarkar, CC BY-SA 4.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
