A Physician Taps You Just Below the Knee to Check

question 104

Multiple Choice

A physician taps you just below the knee to check a reflex that is based on information from which kind of receptor?

• A) a Golgi tendon organ
• B) an oscillator
• C) a muscle spindle
• D) a vestibular organ

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