What is the purpose of the patellar reflex?Multiple choice question.prevent too much tension on a musclehelp maintain postureremove body parts from the painful stimulus

Select all that applyChoose all the components of the patellar reflex.Multiple select question.Two interneurons in the spinal cord.A sensory neuron with stretch receptors in the quadriceps femoris muscle group.A motor neuron.A sensory neuron with pain receptors in the patella.

A type of reflex that helps maintain upright posture is the ______.Multiple choice question.patellar reflextendon reflexwithdrawal reflex

In the patellar tendon reflex arc, the patellar ligament is stretched, which stretches the quadriceps femoris muscle of the thigh. This reflex will cause the quadriceps femoris to _________blank and the hamstrings to _________blank.Multiple Choicecontract; relaxcontract; contractrelax; contractrelax; relax

A ______ reflex is protective in that it causes the body part to be pulled away from a painful stimulus.Multiple choice question.stretchwithdrawalcontralateral

In the context of ballistic stretching, the use of a fast, forceful, bobbing type of stretching induces the stretch reflex. The purpose of this reflex action is _____.Multiple choice question.to help a person stay balancedto prevent injury caused by overstretchingto improve a person's core fitnessto prevent the loss of flexibility in early adolescence