Unit 4 Flashcardizz

Front

Another name for AFFERENT...these Neurons transmit impulses TO the CNS are called

Back

sensory

Front

Which is the sensory or afferent nerve pathway?

Back

1

Front

Which is the motor or efferent nerve pathway to the effector organ?

Back

6

Front

Which neurons act to connect a sensory neuron to a motor neuron?

Back

interneuron

Front

Neurons that transmit impulses away from the CNS are called

Back

motor, efferent

Front

What is known as a quick, automatic response to a stimulus?

Back

Reflex

Front

What is the final part of a reflex arc?

Back

effector

Front

The anterior root of spinal nerves carry motor axons while the posterior root carries sensory axons.

Back

True

Front

When a sensory neuron synapses directly on a motor neuron, which itself serves as the integration center, the reflex is called __________________________

Back

monosynaptic reflex

Front

Reflex arcs in which sensory stimulus and the motor response occur on the same side of the body are ___________

Back

ipsilateral