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What is a reflex action?

 

Option: 1

A voluntary response to a peripheral nervous stimulation


Option: 2

An involuntary response to a peripheral nervous stimulation


Option: 3

A process that occurs only in the peripheral nervous system

 


Option: 4

A response that requires conscious effort and thought


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A reflex action is an involuntary response to a peripheral nervous stimulation, which occurs without conscious effort or thought. The reflex pathway comprises at least one afferent neuron and one efferent neuron appropriately arranged in a series. The afferent neuron receives a signal from a sensory organ and transmits the impulse via a dorsal nerve root into the CNS (at the level of the spinal cord). The efferent neuron then carries signals from the CNS to the effector.

Option b is the correct answer.

 

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