Name the parts of the reflex arc

Reflex arc starter 1

receptor
relay
3
neuron
grey
Sensory 4
2
neurone matter

motor white
6
neurone
5
matter

effector Transverse section

7
(muscle) through spinal cord

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Complete these sentences

When there is a stimulus the __________
receptor in the skin is stimulated.
Electrical __________
impulses pass along the __________
sensory neurone to the
central
CNS (_________ nervous
_________ _________).
system
synapse
At a __________ a __________message
chemical is released. This crosses
the synapse and starts an electrical impulse in the __________relay
neurone.
When another synapse is reached another chemical
message crosses it and a new impulse is started down the _______ motor
neurone.
When this reaches an __________
effector (e.g. a muscle) it causes a
_________
response (e.g. the muscle __________).
contracts

sensory neurone stimuli contracts spinal

central relay impulses effector
receptor spinal cord nervous response
grey matter system synapse chemical

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