| A | B |
|---|
| Somatic Reflexes | Contractions of skeletal muscles |
| Autonomic reflexes | Consist of contractions of smooth and cardiac muscle |
| Knee Jerk | An extension of the lower leg |
| Ankle Jerk | Also known as the Achilles Reflex |
| Babinski Reflex | An extension of the great toe |
| Corneal Reflex | Blinking in response to touching the cornea |
| Abdominal Reflex | A drawing in of the abdominal wall |
| Automatic Nervous System | Subdivision of the nervous system that regulates involuntary effectors |
| Sympathetic Preganglionic Neurons | Begin within the spinal cord |
| Sympathetic Division | Also called the columbar division |
| Splanchnic Nerves | Part of chain ganglia |
| Collateral Ganglia | Also known as prevertebral ganglia |
| Alpha Receptors | One of two main types of adrenergic |
| Beta Receptors | One of two main types of adrenergic |
| Nicotinic Receptors | Binded by nicotine |
| Muscarinic Receptors | The toxin Muscarinic |
| "Fight-or-flight" reactions | Walter B. Cannon coined this phrase up |
| Para sympathetic Postganglionic Neurons | Dendrites and parasympathetic ganglia |
| Parasympathetic Preganglionic Neurons | Cell bodies in nuclei in the brain stem |
| Neurotransmitter | Acetylcholine |
