Nervous Tissue Flashcards

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Reflect arc - Smelly, rectum, smelly, smelly, rectum, smelly, men, eat, rectum

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S - Stimulus
R - Receptor
S - Sensory neurone
S - Synapse
R - Relay neurone
S - Synapse
M - Motor neuron
E - Effector
R - Response

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What happens when a quick reaction is needed and action potentials are sent down the reflex arc?

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  1. Receptors sense a stimulus
  2. Sensory neurones transmit an action potential
  3. The signals moves across a synapse
  4. To a relay neuron in the central nervous system
  5. To a motor neuron
  6. To an effector which brings about the response
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