Spinal reflex is located in the ________

Nerves

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Brain

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Epithelial lining

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Spinal cord

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Solution

The correct option is D Spinal cord
Spinal reflex or withdrawal reflex protects the body from the damaging stimulus.
It is located in the spinal cord. In this reflex pathway, more than one relay neuron connects the sensory and motor neuron.

Therefore, the correct answer is option D.

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The sequence of the components of a reflex arc is

$R e c e p t o r s \to S p i n a l c o r d \to S e n s o r y n e u r o n \to M o t o r n e u r o n \to M u s c l e s$

One of the following gives the correct sequence of the components in a reflex arc. This is :

(a) Receptors $\to$ Muscle $\to$ Sensory neuron $\to$ Motor neuron $\to$ Spinal cord

(b) Receptors $\to$ Motor neuron $\to$ Spinal cord $\to$ Sensory neuron $\to$ Muscle

(d) Receptors $\to$ Sensory neuron $\to$ Spinal cord $\to$ Motor neuron $\to$ Muscle

Which of the following statements are true ?

(i) sudden action in response to something in the environment is called reflex action

(ii) sensory neurons carry electrical signals from spinal cord to muscles in a reflex action

(iii) motor neurons carry signals from receptors to spinal cord in a reflex action

(iv) the pathway of transmitting signals from a receptor to a muscle is a reflex action

(a) (i) and (ii)

(b) (i) and (iii)

(d) (i) , (ii) and (iii)

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