IMPORTANCE

• CHARACTERISTICS OF REFLEXES?

  • rapid
  • short-lived
  • localised
  • involuntary
  • do not have to be learnt
• WHAT DO REFLEXES DO?

  protect the body from harm
• WHAT IS THE IMPORTANCE OF THE REFLEX ARC BEING INVOLUNTARY?

  decision-making centre of brain is not involved, therefore the brain is not overloaded