afferent impulse

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role in stimulus-response reaction

  • neuron; conduction of the action potential
    In nervous system: Nervous systems

    This incoming excitation, or afferent impulse, then passes along an extension, or axon, of the receptor to an adjustor, called an interneuron. (All neurons are capable of conducting an impulse, which is a brief change in the electrical charge on the cell membrane. Such an impulse can be transmitted,…

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