KROK 1 2011 – Question 115 · KROK (Medicine) · Physiology
During fighting a man had a cardiac arrest as a result of a hard blow to the upper region of anterior abdominal wall. Which of the described mechanisms might have provoked the cardiac arrest?
- A. Sympathetic unconditioned reflexes
- B. Parasympathetic unconditioned reflexes
- C. Peripheric reflexes
- D. Sympathetic conditioned reflexes
- E. Parasympathetic conditioned reflexes
Hint
Decide first whether this response is inborn or needs prior learning, and then which autonomic influence on the heart can bring about arrest.
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