Reflexes

When you drop a hot pan or jump when you sit on a pin, without thinking this is an example of a....

Reflexes are fast because the signal does not need to travel to the ...

Generally reflexes are

• Controlled by hormones

• Very fast

• Are controlled by the brain

Put these parts of the reflex arc in the correct order, for when you touch a hot pan

• External stimulus

• Signal moves down the motor neuron, this will make a muscle move

• S

• signal travels down the sensory neuron

• Signal reaches the relay neuron in the spinal cord

What is the reason reflexes are unconscious?

• They are fast

• The signals take a long time to travel

• The signal does not need to get to your brain

• The signals are very fast