Question

You immediately move your hand away when you accidentally touch a glass of hot milk. Which organ helps you to take action?

Answer 1

Reflex action:

1. Reflex is an involuntary and sudden response to stimuli.
2. The spontaneous and involuntary responses towards stimuli are known as reflex actions.
3. Most of the common reflexes are a response to all the well-trained, accumulated knowledge of caution that we have internalized.
4. It could be anything and ranges from the reflex action of abruptly withdrawing the hand as it comes in contact with an extremely cold or hot object.
5. This action is termed the reflex action.
6. In the given case, touching the hot glass of milk is the stimulus and pulling the hand back is the response.

The organ that helps you to take action, in this case, is the spinal cord.