You are studying for your physiology test with your lab partner. She insists that the purpose of the knee jerk reflex is to test for neural or muscular damage. State whether or not you agree with her, and why.
What will be an ideal response?
While reflexes can be exploited by medical personnel as a means to assess neural and muscular function, that is not their "purpose" in the sense of why they occur. Each reflex has a function; for example, the knee jerk reflex helps control movement at the knee joint.
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A. cells. B. peroxisomes. C. lysosomes. D. mitochondria.
The superficial vessels typically seen in the hand and forearm are tributaries of the ________ and ________ veins.
A. axillary; brachial B. brachial; cephalic C. cephalic; basilic D. basilica; brachial E. subclavian; axillary
C) blood flow through an organ.
C) blood flow through an organ.
Which of the following proteins attaches Z disks to myosin myofilaments?
A) nebulin B) titin C) actin D) both A and C