Reflex, an automatic, involuntary response to sensory information (stimulus), Reflex arc, The neural pathway followed by a reflex action, Neurons, receive, process and transmit sensory information or motor commands to each other, which allow our bodies to respond to what’s happening in both our internal and external environments., conscious responses, involve our somatic nervous system, unconscious responses, involve autonomic nervous system or reflexes, spinal reflex, When the reflex arc occurs within the spinal chord, without involving the brain or conscious thought, monosynaptic reflex arc, involves only one synapse, where an affector neuron brings a sensation from receptors in the body and an effector neuron carries motor messages to the muscles of the body, polysynaptic reflex arc, involves interneurons connecting the affector and effector neurons, and, therefore, at least two synapses.

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