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cognition peripheral nervous system

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How does the reflex arc work

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Involve 5 basic parts, receptors, sensory neurons, interneurons, motor neurons and effectors an example when you touch a hot stove your receptors in your skin detect this and the sensory neurons carry an impulse to the spinal cord an interneuron in the spinal cord connects a sensory neuron to a motor neuron the motor neuron then carries the message to the effector causing a action to take place in this case moving your finger of the hot stove.


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