What are short reflexes? What types of behaviors do they regulate? What are long reflexes? Give examples of each.

What will be an ideal response?


Reflexes controlled by the enteric nervous system are short reflexes. They regulate motility, secretion, and growth. Long reflexes are digestive reflexes that are integrated in the CNS. Long reflexes include feedforward reflexes and emotional reflexes.

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