Reflexes are automatic and involuntary actions the body produces in response to certain stimuli. While some reflexes can involve muscles and movement, others involve internal processes within the body ...

Pulling your hand away from a hot object, blinking because it's very bright or kicking when someone taps the tendon below your kneecap - these are all innate reflex actions. They happen rapidly, you ...

The questions in this quiz are suitable for GCSE biology students studying homeostasis, the nervous system, the reflex arc, the brain and the eye. If you struggled with the quiz, don't panic - we've ...

The nervous system is formed of two parts that are integrally linked with each other. The brain and the nervous system has multiple functions that are vital for normal functioning of the body. A nerve ...

In order to evaluate whether the response of a reflex vagal stimulation (oculo-cardiac reflex:OCR) is influenced by the ANS tone (sympathetic or parasympathetic dominance) and stages of alertness ...

THE publication of Sir Charles Sherrington's “Integrative Action of the Nervous System” marked the beginning of a new epoch in neurology. Until then attention had been centred mainly on the analysis ...

Micturition or urination is the process of emptying urine from the storage organ, namely, the urinary bladder. The detrusor is the smooth or involuntary muscle of the bladder wall. The urethral ...