GENERAL HISTOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -An effector acts in special ways in response to a nerve impulse. Effectors in multicellular organisms are either glands or muscles. In humans, these effectors may either be muscles, which contract in response to neural stimuli, or glands, which produce secretions.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -An effector is a part of the body which can respond to a stimulus according to the instructions sent from the nervous system (spinal cord and brain). Example: Glands and muscles.

Detailed explanation-4: -An effector is a tissue structure, namely a muscle or gland, that responds to an efferent impulse.

Detailed explanation-5: -There are two types of effectors, the muscles (also called “motor effectors") and exocrine glands (also called “secretory efectors"). All effectors are stimulated by nerves ie are “innervated". The nerves are called cranial nerves if they exit from the skull or spinal nerves if they exit from the spinal cord.