reflex

id: GO:0060004
name: reflex
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: An automatic response to a stimulus beginning with a nerve impulse from a receptor and ending with the action of an effector such as a gland or a muscle. Signaling never reaches a level of consciousness.

Child Functions

idname
GO:0007637proboscis extension reflex
GO:0050883musculoskeletal movement, spinal reflex action
GO:0060005vestibular reflex
GO:0060013righting reflex
GO:0060082eye blink reflex
GO:0060156milk ejection

Parent Functions

idname
GO:0009605response to external stimulus