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reflex arc
(redirected from Monosynaptic reflex)

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reflex arc
n.
The route followed by nerve impulses to produce a reflex act, from the periphery through the afferent nerve to the nervous system, and thence through the efferent nerve to the effector organ.
reflex arc,
n the smallest functional unit of the nervous system that consists of two or more neurons (afferent and efferent) and can react to a stimulus.
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