Q: Triggering a blink when something touches the surface of the eye, the corneal reflex is what type of reflex?


Read this paragraph and choose the correct option from the provided answers:

connection is the basis of somatic reflexes. The corneal reflex is contraction of the orbicularis oculi muscle to blink the eyelid when something touches the surface of the eye. Stretch reflexes maintain a constant length of muscles by causing a contraction of a muscle to compensate for a stretch that can be sensed by a specialized receptor called a muscle spindle.

 Choices:

- dendritic

- sensory

- orgasmic

- somatic


A:
somatic