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effector organ

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effector organ [ə′fek·tər ‚ȯr·gən]
(physiology)
Any muscle or gland that mediates overt behavior, that is, movement or secretion.


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that process of a neuron by which impulses travel away from the cell body; at the terminal arborization of the axon, the impulses are transmitted to other nerve cells or to effector organs.
that process of a neuron by which impulses travel away from the cell body; at the terminal arborization of the axon, the impulses are transmitted to other nerve cells or to effector organs.
that process of a neuron by which impulses travel away from the cell body; at the terminal arborization of the axon, the impulses are transmitted to other nerve cells or to effector organs.
 
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