This assumption weakens the position of the reflex arc as the basic functional unit of nervous activities.
Combining anatomical and physiological methods, he made pioneering studies on the vestibulo-ocular reflex arc, then worked on the functional anatomy of the spinal cord, brainstem, and cerebellum.
The reflex arc concept in psychology.
Diminished reflexes are largely due to dysfunction of the afferent limb of the reflex arc.
The tone of respiratory muscle is believed to be modulated by muscle spindles via a reflex arc involving the spinal cord.
It inhibits neuron transmission, relaxing skeletal muscles by inhibiting the reflex arc.
The patellar reflex is a clinical and classic example of the monosynaptic reflex arc.
This isn't true for, say, a spinal reflex arc where the output is also inevitable and automatic.
