The nurse explains that a reflex is a simple automatic response requiring only:
a. one efferent and one afferent impulse and a synapse.
b. two efferent impulse and one synapse.
c. two synapses with efferent and afferent impulses.
d. two afferent impulses and one synapse.
A
The reflex only requires an efferent and an afferent impulse and one synapse, a very simple re-sponse.
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