| Stretch
Reflex |
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| “2 neuron |
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| reflex” |
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| Sensory
pathway |
| + |
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| Excitatory |
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| to |
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| extensor |
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| Stretch
of |
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| extensor |
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| muscle |
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| Inhibitory |
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| to
flexor |
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| - |
| Muscle
spindle |
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| Reciprocal |
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| inhibition |
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| Knee flexion |
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| Results in |
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| reversal
of |
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| original
actions |
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