DO NOW:

Get ready for Quick Quiz #1 the Neuron!

Clear off your desks and take out a pencil.

You will have 5 minutes to complete the quiz

When you are done, turn your quiz over so I

know that you are finished.

SELF CORRECTION

You MUST keep your desk cleared

You MUST use a different coloured pen

Remember that cheating is against the student

academic code of conduct

YAWNING
Yawn-o-meter
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJXX4vF6Z
h0
Why do we yawn?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I0dQx4SNS
wE&index=5&list=UUC552Sd-3nyi_tk2BudLUzA

Reflexes and Action Potentials

NERVOUS SYSTEM 2

REMEMBER QUESTION #3?

Things happen in the body very quickly. We

cannot always think before we act. The body
has built in safety devices to help keep us safe.

What would happen if it didnt?

OBJECTIVES
Students will:
Describe the organization of neurons into
nerves and reflex arcs

*MONOSYNAPTIC (SINGLE
CONNECTION) REFLEX PATHWAY
Occurs without brain coordination, also
called reflex arc.
five components:
receptor, sensory neuron, interneuron in
spinal cord, motor neuron, effector
(muscles)
occurs in split second (burn, sharp cut,
puncture)

Look at page 412

Sensory neuron = afferent neuron

Motor (muscle) neuron = efferent neuron

REFLEXES ARE

PREPROGRAMMED NERVE PATHWAYS

Copy This diagram!

REFLEXES ARE

PREPROGRAMMED NERVE PATHWAYS

Label the diagram:

REFLEX LAB

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmNQdLkk
JHM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y5nj3ZfeYD
Q

In your notes define and describe the patellar

reflex and the pupillary reflex. (412,413)

REFLEX EXAMPLES:
Spinal reflexes: withdraw from pain
Stretch (knee jerk) reflex
Cranial reflexes: sneezing, blinking, yawning,
swallowing

REFLEX LAB: P. 436

Doctors test reflexes to determine whether all parts

of this pathway are functioning.
Testing the presence and strength of the reflexes
Investigation 13.1

Introduction
Problem
Materials
Groups 2-3 per group

REFLEX LAB: P. 436

Knee jerk or Patellar: integrity of lower back region

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpw31bvoLpg

REFLEX LAB: P. 436

Achilles Reflex: screening hypothyroidism /

muscle&spinal/chronic diabetes, neurosyphilis,
alcoholism, and subarachnoid hemorrhages
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEQ6BbLLucA&
feature=related

REFLEX LAB: P. 436

Babinski Reflex: assess proper development and

function of the spine and cerebral cortex. (all the
toes will curl under)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOq5Np0eZ6A
&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI_ONptx2Ns&f
eature=related

REFLEX LAB: P. 436

Pupillary Reflex: health of sensory &motor functions of the

eye, brain stem function, optic nerve
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTncbhfbl6A
http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/hyperbrain/anim/reflex.ht
ml
Blink Reflex: evaluating coma, damage to cranial nerves,
absent: lesion, tumour , facial nerve palsies, parkinsons,
degenerate & vascular diseases

ANALYSIS
1.

What is the purpose of testing different

reflexes?

2.

A person touches a stove withdraws his or her

hand, and then yells. What does the yelling
occur after the hand is withdrawn? Does the
person become aware of the pain before the
hand is withdrawn?

PREDICT: WHERE IS IT SEVERED?

A) FEELS NO PAIN, NO MOVEMENT OF MUSCLE
B) NO PAIN, BUT MOVES ARM
C) FEELS PAIN, BUT WOULDNT MOVE (EVENTUALLY
CONSCIOUSLY YOU DO)

Knee-jerk: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpw31bvoLpg
Achilles Reflex:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BEQ6BbLLucA&feature=r
elated
Babinski Reflex:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOq5Np0eZ6A&feature=
related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oI_ONptx2Ns&feature=re
lated
Pupillary Reflex:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iTncbhfbl6A
http://library.med.utah.edu/kw/hyperbrain/anim/reflex.html