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... internal transducer may carry on some of its processes independently , but it can no longer be coordinated well with the rest of the organism . It also cannot report pain , so that the processes which usually protect it cannot operate ...
... internal transducer may carry on some of its processes independently , but it can no longer be coordinated well with the rest of the organism . It also cannot report pain , so that the processes which usually protect it cannot operate ...
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... internal transducer afferent neuron synapses , within the organ or outside in the visceral ganglia , with an efferent neuron to form a complete reflex arc . The myenteric plexus of the intestinal tract and the intramural plexus of the ...
... internal transducer afferent neuron synapses , within the organ or outside in the visceral ganglia , with an efferent neuron to form a complete reflex arc . The myenteric plexus of the intestinal tract and the intramural plexus of the ...
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... internal transducer presumably operate like similar regions in other neural structures ( see pages 254 to 257 ) . Undoubtedly higher neural centers in the organism . respond not only to individual neural fibers but also to patterns of ...
... internal transducer presumably operate like similar regions in other neural structures ( see pages 254 to 257 ) . Undoubtedly higher neural centers in the organism . respond not only to individual neural fibers but also to patterns of ...
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