Reflex Actions

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What dectects a stimulus
A receptor
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What a stimulus
A change in the environment
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What is the order of the neurones in a reflex action
SRM
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Why are reflex action important
They are rapid and unconscious
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What chemical goes across the synapse
The neurotransmitter
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How do neurotransmitter travel across the synapse
They diffuse
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Wha part of the CNS is not involved in a reflex action
The brain
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What does the CNS do in reflex action
They do
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Give an advantage of a reflex action
rapid
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What is the order of a reflex action
Stimulus - Receptor - coordinator - Effector - Response
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where is the cell body on a motor neurone?
On the End
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What do neurotransmitters do?
Start the impulse in the next neurone
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what does the Receptor do with the stimulus
Changes the energy of the stimulus into an impulse
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what is the effector
a muscle or a gland
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what covers the axon in a neurone
The Myelin sheath
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