Refer to the figure.
Which statement best describes the process illustrated in the figure?
A) When weight stretches a muscle, excited afferents directly excite the motor neuron of the muscle, and the muscle contracts.
B) Information terminating on the spinal interneuron in a stretch reflex facilitates contraction of antagonistic muscles to protect them from injury.
C) Interneurons in the stretch reflex inhibit over-contraction of the stretched muscle.
D) Spinal reflexes are not modulated by the brain.
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Q27: Stretch of a muscle first activates
A) spinal
Q28: The secondary sensory endings of muscle spindles
Q29: Muscle spindles function by means of the
Q30: Muscle spindle tension is regulated by
A) secondary
Q31: The _ of spinal reflexes can be
Q33: Endogenous rhythmic movements
A) are modulated solely in
Q34: In rats with spinal cord cuts, transplanting
Q35: Polioviruses destroy
A) cerebellar cells.
B) motoneurons.
C) basal ganglia
Q36: A particular gene that has been found
Q37: Which structure exists outside the CNS?
A) Trigeminal
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