AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Muscles and glands are called effectors because they cause an effect in response to directions from the nervous system. This is the motor output or motor function.

Detailed explanation-2: -Effectors are the structures that are altered by incoming information. The major effectors of the peripheral nervous system are skeletal muscle, cardiac muscle, smooth muscle of blood vessels and organs, and glands.

Detailed explanation-3: -The autonomic nervous system controls the activities of the inner organs (heart, glands, smooth muscles). It is involuntary.

Detailed explanation-4: -Muscles and glands are effector organs.

Detailed explanation-5: -n. 1. an organ, such as a muscle or a gland, that responds to neural stimulation by producing a particular physical response or initiating a specific physiological event.