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Introduction

Summary

This animation presents the nerve circuits involved in a medullar myotatic reflex: the patellar reflex

Goals

• To clarify the different structures involved in the myotatic reflex.
• To understand the progress of the nerve message through the different structures involved in the reflex reaction.
• To distinguish between sensory and motor pathways.
• To clarify the idea of the reflex arc.

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reflex spinal-cord nerve muscle extension myotatic