- muscular reflex
- stretch r.
Medical dictionary. 2011.
muscular reflex
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Muscular defense — is a reflex of the abdominal muscles to contract upon mechanical force to the abdomen, and serves as protection. It is a visceromotor reflex, since the parietal peritoneum and viscera are involved in generating the reflex.[1] References ^ A. V.… … Wikipedia
reflex arc — n the complete nervous path that is involved in a reflex * * * the nervous circuit involved in a reflex, being at its simplest a sensory nerve with a receptor, linked at a synapse in the brain or spinal cord with a motor nerve, which supplies a… … Medical dictionary
Reflex — A reaction that is involuntary. The corneal reflex is the blink that occurs with irritation of the eye. The nasal reflex is a sneeze. * * * 1. An involuntary reaction in response to a stimulus applied to the periphery and transmitted to the… … Medical dictionary
reflex — reflexly, adv. reflexness, n. adj., n. /ree fleks/; v. /ri fleks /, adj. 1. Physiol. noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus, the nerve impulse from a receptor being transmitted inward to a nerve center that in turn… … Universalium
reflex — adjective /ˈriflɛks / (say reefleks) 1. Physiology denoting or relating to an involuntary response in which an impulse evoked by a stimulus is transmitted along an afferent nerve to a nerve centre, and from there through one or more synapses to… …
reflex control — control of muscular activity by nerve impulses transmitted to the muscles by one of the reflex arcs by which reflex action is maintained … Medical dictionary
Limb-girdle muscular dystrophy — Classification and external resources ICD 10 G71.0 ICD 9 359.1 … Wikipedia
static reflex — the reflex maintenance of muscular tone for posture. * * * any of the reflexes for maintenance of position and righting of the body, such as the postural reflex, righting reflex, or vestibular reflexes … Medical dictionary
Geigel reflex — a reflex in the female corresponding to the cremasteric reflex in the male: when the inner anterior aspect of the upper thigh is stroked, there is a contraction of the muscular fibers at the upper edge of the Poupart ligament. Cf. hypogastric r.… … Medical dictionary
static reflex — the reflex maintenance of muscular tone for posture … The new mediacal dictionary
