What structure in the muscle activates the patellar tendon reflex when it is struck? 2. What happens when this structure is activated? 3. What do you call this reflex?

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Neurology is the branch of medicine that focuses on the study, diagnosis, and management of conditions affecting the nervous system.

1. What structure in the muscle activates the patellar tendon reflex when it is struck? 2. What happens when this structure is activated? 3. What do you call this reflex?

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1. Spindle afferents 2. Signal sent back to spinal cord via 1a afferent fibers and synapse on anterior horn cell. Alpha motor neurons are activated = There are two sets of alpha motor neurons. One goes to the homonymous muscle group. In this case the quadracept and this causes contraction to restore muscle to original length. Another alpha motor neuron is stimulated by an inhibitory neuron that is innervated by the 1a afferent neuron of the muscle spindle. This causes relaxation in the opposing muscle. In this case the hamstring. Gamma motor neurons innervate muscle spindles causing them to contract in response to stretch. 3. Myotatic reflex

What structure in the muscle activates the patellar tendon reflex when it is struck? 2. What happens when this structure is activated? 3. What do you call this reflex?

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What structure in the muscle activates the patellar tendon reflex when it is struck? 2. What happens when this structure is activated? 3. What do you call this reflex?

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