Please use the following information to the following question. The Achilles tendon reflex is observed when the Achilles tendon of a person is tapped with a
patellar hammer and the calf muscle contracts. A doctor tapped the Achilles tendon of a man
and did not observe a contraction of the man's calf muscle. The man reported that he felt the
hammer strike his tendon.
The Achilles Tendon Reflex Pathway
5. The two structures numbered above that are most likely damaged in the Achilles tendon
reflex pathway are