Which of Components of a General Reflex Arc Are Listed

question 50

Multiple Choice

Which of components of a general reflex arc are listed in the order information typically flows through them following a stimulus?

• A) effector, afferent pathway, integrating center, efferent pathway, receptor
• B) effector, efferent pathway, integrating center, afferent pathway, receptor
• C) integrating center, receptor, afferent pathway, efferent pathway, effector
• D) receptor, efferent pathway, integrating center, afferent pathway, effector
• E) receptor, afferent pathway, integrating center, efferent pathway, effector

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Definitions:

Action Potential

A rapid, temporary change in the electrical charge of a cell membrane, essential for nerve signal transmission.

Dendrite

A branched projection of a neuron that receives signals from other neurons or sensory stimuli and conducts these to the cell body.

Axon

An axon is a long, slender projection of a nerve cell, or neuron, that typically conducts electrical impulses away from the neuron's cell body.

Reuptake

The absorption of a neurotransmitter by a neurotransmitter transporter of a pre-synaptic neuron after it has performed its function of transmitting a neural impulse.