a person can consciosly inhibit a reflex because?

Question

its about the nervous system

 

Answer 1

Jennifer, it's more important to ask questions than to spell correctly : )

 

Anyway, the average person can only inhibit a voluntary action not a an involuntary action.

 

The key difference between a reflex action and any other action is the involvement of the brain and the lack of conscious control. By following a reflex arc, nerve impulses travel along sensory neurons from the site of stimulation to the spinal cord or brain and then back to the area of the response along motor neurons. In some reflex arcs, the sensory neurons are connected to the motor neurons by connector neurons, but either way, there is no control by the brain.

Answer 2

Hi Jennifer,

 

Firstly, it is consciously and not conciosly.

 

The reflex goes to cerebral cortex in the brain that can impart inhibition through motor control.