What is the control centre of reflex action?
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What body system controls reflex action? What part of the central nervous system is the control center of reflex action?
central nervous system
cerebellum
Reflex arc
What is the control centre of reflex action?
Reflex arc Autonomic nervous system Homeostasis Control of ventilation Respiratory center Accommodation reflex Cough center Cardiovascular centre Pontine micturition center Swallowing
A <b>reflex arc</b> is a neural pathway that <b>controls</b> a reflex. In vertebrates, most sensory 
neurons do ... An integrating <b>center</b>, the point at which the neurons that compose 
the gray matter of the spinal cord or brainstem synapse; Efferent nerve fibers&nbsp;... The autonomic nervous system (ANS), formerly the vegetative nervous system, is 
a division of the peripheral nervous system that supplies smooth muscle and 
glands, and thus influences the function of internal organs. The autonomic 
nervous system is a <b>control</b> system that acts largely ... vasomotor activity (the 
vasomotor <b>center</b>), and certain <b>reflex actions</b> such as&nbsp;... In biology, homeostasis is the state of steady internal, physical, and chemical 
conditions ... <b>Control centres</b> include the respiratory centre, and the renin–
angiotensin ... senses a stimulus, it reacts by sending <b>action</b> potentials to a 
<b>control center</b>. ... Low pressure in the arteries, causes the opposite <b>reflex</b> of 
constriction of the&nbsp;... The <b>control</b> of ventilation refers to the physiological mechanisms involved in the 
<b>control</b> of ... The respiratory <b>centre</b> in the medulla and pons of the brainstem 
<b>controls</b> the rate and depth of respiration, (the ... The tone of respiratory muscle is 
believed to be modulated by muscle spindles via a <b>reflex arc</b> involving the spinal 
cord. The respiratory <b>center</b> is located in the medulla oblongata and pons, in the 
brainstem. ... The pneumotaxic <b>center controls</b> both the rate and the pattern of 
breathing. ... It limits the burst of <b>action</b> potentials in the phrenic nerve, effectively 
decreasing the ... of pontine modulation of mechanoreceptor and chemoreceptor 
<b>reflexes</b>&quot;. The accommodation reflex (or accommodation-convergence reflex) is a <b>reflex</b> 
<b>action</b> of the eye, ... It is dependent on cranial nerve II (afferent limb of reflex), 
superior <b>centers</b> (interneuron) and cranial nerve III (efferent limb of reflex). ... 
sends its axons in the short ciliary nerve to <b>control</b> the iris and the ciliary muscle 
of the eye. The cough <b>center</b> is a region of the brain which <b>controls</b> coughing. The cough 
<b>center</b> is located in the medulla oblongata in the brainstem. Cough suppressants 
focus their <b>action</b> on the cough <b>center</b>. ... elusive: while Johannes Peter Müller 
observed in 1838 that the medulla coordinates the cough <b>reflex</b>, investigating it 
has&nbsp;... The cardiovascular <b>centre</b> is a part of the human brain responsible for the 
regulation of the rate at which the heart beats through the nervous and endocrine 
systems. It is found in the medulla oblongata. Normally, the heart beats without 
nervous <b>control</b>, but in some situations (e.g., ... Conduction system &middot; Cardiac 
electrophysiology; <b>Action</b> potential. The Pontine micturition <b>center</b> is a collection of neuronal cell bodies located in 
the rostral pons ... While operating as a spino bulbospinal <b>reflex arc</b>, this pattern 
of activity is also elicited through ... (June 9, 2008) &quot;The neural <b>control</b> of 
micturition. Swallowing, sometimes called deglutition in scientific contexts, is the process in 
the human or ... 1.1 Coordination and <b>control</b>; 1.2 Phases ... The <b>reflex</b> is initiated 
by touch receptors in the pharynx as a bolus of food is pushed to the ... The 
following stages describe the normal and necessary <b>actions</b> to form the bolus, 
which is&nbsp;...
the spinal cord
Reflex arc