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reflex arc
Afferent pathway
Reflex Arc
Reflex Arc
Afferent pathway
A Reflex
Reflexes are rapid involuntary responses to a given stimuli. The reflex pathway that only has one synapse in the CNS is called the monosynaptic reflex arc.
as a part of the olfactory reflex pathway
the path of a refex impulse
The reflex arc is the nerve pathway that the signal follows. For example, the knee jerk reflex arc has a stimulus going to an interneuron in the spine and a motor neuron completes the arc by causing the knee to jerk. A reflex is just the action itself.
reflex arc
The short pathway that carries the impulse for an automatic response is called a reflex arc.