MEDICAL
NERVES
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Question
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A response to a stimulus
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an impulse sent to the spinal cord
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An impulse sent to the brain
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Effectors are organs (either muscles or glands) that produce a response to a stimulus. A response is a change in the organism resulting from the detection of a stimulus.
Detailed explanation-2: -A living organism can respond to different environmental stimuli. The scientific term for the reaction to the external stimulus is sensitivity.
Detailed explanation-3: -An effector is a part of the body that responds when the receptor cells send out signals to the central nervous system. The responses made by the effectors, such as the contraction of a muscle or the release of a particular hormone, are made as a result of the stimulation received by the receptor cells.
Detailed explanation-4: -physiological response to stimulus. Definition: Any process that results in a change in state or activity of a cell or an organism (in terms of movement, secretion, enzyme production, gene expression, etc.) as a result of a stimulus.