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DescriptionImgnotraçat arc reflex eng.svg
English: Explicative diagram of reflex arc; the journey takes energy and nerve impulse of a stimulus by two or more neurons. The spinal cord(3) receives sensory impulses of the body(2)- here his finger and sent to the central nervous system (afferent pathways(4), which sends impulses to the spinal motor (efferent(5)that sends turn-here the bodies arm muscle through spinal nerves(6). After receiving the order, the organ or the receiver of this command, run the command(7)- here remove the finger.
Parts of the scheme:
Heat Source
Finger (receiver)
Spinal cord
Axon Neuron Afar (sensory)
Axon Neuron Afar (motor)
Muscle (effector)
Impuls
Vector illustration done with the advice of Irene Pelegrí, biologist.
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