The USDA created the food pyramid to encourage a healthy diet, but the USDA also has a mission to encourage agricultural products grown in the US. There can be a LOT of conflict between those two goals. So the food pyramid (ahem, I mean MyPlate) is not simply an objective summary of the available evidence.
The stretch reflex (myotatic reflex) is a muscle contraction in response to stretching within the muscle. It is a monosynaptic reflex which provides automatic regulation of skeletal muscle length. When a muscle lengthens, the muscle spindle is stretched and its nerve activity increases.
the innate reflex occurring in a healthy infant whereby the toes extend upward when the sole of the foot is gently stimulated.This response generally disappears by the time the baby walks, but it may reappear in adults if there is a loss in the function of the upper motor neurons. Also known as Babinski's sign.he innate reflex occurring in a healthy infant whereby the toes extend upward when the sole of the foot is gently stimulated.