stress reflexes can cause reciprocal inhibition because the

stress reflexes can cause reciprocal inhibition because the sensory neuron synapses on the alpha motor neurons of both agonists and antagonists. True or false?

Solution

False

Reason:

The spinal main functions is to produce reflex reaction by obtaining sensory perception through afferent sensory neurons & then pass them to the brain for information processing finally trigger motor responses for autonomic control on the muscle cells and these are controlling \"locomotion, conduction\" & . For example, the simplest reflex is one that is a direct connection from a sensory neuron onto a motor neuron, which is called as a stretch reflex (2-neuron reflexes). When an interneuron is part of the circuit, though, it is called a withdrawl reflex (3-neuron reflex).

It is not stress reflex but it is stretch reflex & however, stretch reflexes can cause reciprocal inhibition due to not only the sensory neuron synapses on the alpha motor neurons but also interact with interneurons (for antagonistic action) of both agonists and antagonists. This reciprocal inhibition is includes efferent and afferent fibre impulses from sensory neuron synapses with alpha motor neurons