What are the steps in a stretch reflex?
What are the steps in a stretch reflex? Stretch Reflex. When a muscle is stretched (1), muscle spindles (2) send information to the spinal cord (3) where it synapses on motor neuron of the same muscle (4) causing it to contract (5). At the same time, stimulation of an inhibitory interneuron (6) prevents contraction of the antagonistic muscle (7 and 8). What is the stretch reflex? The stretch reflex or myotatic reflex refers to the contraction of a muscle in response to its passive stretching. When a muscle is stretched, the stretch reflex regulates the length of the muscle automatically...