A flinch is involuntary and is meant to out run your nervous system
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A flinch does not outrun your nervous system because it is your nervous system.
A flinch is not a reflex per say because it involves you to seeing or hearing something which automatically results in information going to your brain. The brain then sends out a signal to your muscles to get moving but the signal doesnt reach the muscles because your spinal cord is damaged.
If you are talking about reflexes, it is true that people who are paralyzed have very pronounced reflexes. Reflexes dont need communucation from the brain, the are confined entirely in the spinal cord.
It is important to note that even though they dont need to talk to the brain, reflexes still do because otherwise you wouldn’t know your hand is on the stove nor would you feel any pain. These aspects are lost in those who are paralyzed.
being involuntary dosnt mean it can bypass the pathways in your nervous system
if the bridge is broken it doesnt matter what message your trying to pass thru it…it wont ever make it.
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