effector organ
21acetylcholine — The acetic ester of choline, the neurotransmitter substance at cholinergic synapses, which causes cardiac inhibition, vasodilation, gastrointestinal peristalsis, and other par …
22neuromimetic — Relating to the action of a drug that mimics the response of an effector organ to nerve impulses. * * * neu·ro·mi·met·ic (noor″o mĭ metґik) 1. eliciting a response in effector organs that simulates that elicited by nervous impulses. 2 …
23Efferent nerve fiber — Nerve: Efferent nerve fiber Latin neurofibrae efferentes Code TH H2.00.06.1.00016 In the nervous system, efferent nerves, otherwise known as motor or effector neurons, carry nerve impulses away from the central nervous system to eff …
24neuroeffector — neu·ro·ef·fec·tor i fek tər, .tȯ(ə)r adj of, relating to, or involving both neural and effector components <neuroeffector junctions> * * * neu·ro·ef·fec·tor (noor″o ə fekґtər) of or relating to the junction between a neuron …
25motor neurone — one of the units (neurone) that goes to make up the nerve pathway between the brain and an effector organ, such as a skeletal muscle. An upper motor neurone has a cell body in the brain and an axon that extends into the spinal cord, where it ends …
26motor neurone — one of the units (neurones) that goes to make up the nerve pathway between the brain and an effector organ, such as a skeletal muscle. An upper motor neurone has a cell body in the brain and an axon that extends into the spinal cord, where it… …
27arc — 1. A curved line or segment of a circle. 2. Continuous luminous passage of an electric current in a gas or vacuum between two or more separated carbon or other electrodes. [L. arcus, a bow] auricular a., binauricular a. a line carried over the …
28reflex arc — n the complete nervous path that is involved in a reflex * * * the nervous circuit involved in a reflex, being at its simplest a sensory nerve with a receptor, linked at a synapse in the brain or spinal cord with a motor nerve, which supplies a… …
29brain — Synonyms and related words: Vernunft, abdomen, acumen, afferent neuron, anus, appendix, autonomic nervous system, axon, bean, blind gut, blow to pieces, blow up, bowels, brains, bring down, burn to death, capacity, cecum, central nervous system,… …
30gray matter — Synonyms and related words: Vernunft, afferent neuron, arachnoid, arbor vitae, archipallium, autonomic nervous system, axon, bean, between brain, brain, brain stem, brains, central nervous system, cerebellar hemispheres, cerebellum, cerebral… …
