GENERAL ANATOMY
NERVOUS SYSTEM
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A major organ in the brain that is a part of the nervous system.
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What your body does to a change or a signal.
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A change or a signal your body receives.
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Detailed explanation-1: -A stimulus is a change in the environment (either external or internal) that is detected by a receptor. Receptors transform environmental stimuli into electrical nerve impulses. These impulses are then transmitted via neurons to the central nervous system where decision-making occurs.
Detailed explanation-2: -A stimulus is anything that can trigger a physical or behavioral change. The plural of stimulus is stimuli. Stimuli can be external or internal. An example of external stimuli is your body responding to a medicine. An example of internal stimuli is your vital signs changing due to a change in the body.
Detailed explanation-3: -Afferent or sensory neurons collect stimuli received by receptors throughout the body, including the skin, eyes, ears, nose, tongue as well as pain and other receptors in the internal organs. Sensory information is transmitted to the central nervous system, which includes the brain and spinal cord.
Detailed explanation-4: -Sensory receptors can receive information from outside the body, as in touch receptors found in the skin or light receptors in the eye, as well as from inside the body, as in chemoreceptors and mechanoreceptors. When a stimulus is detected by a sensory receptor, it can elicit a reflex via stimulus transduction.