Biology
Assertion (A): The glands and muscles are considered as effector organs.
Reason (R): Muscles and glands are highly affected by the impulses carried through the sensory nerves from sense organs to the central nervous system (brain/ spinal cord).
- Both A and R are true.
- Both A and R are false.
- A is true and R is false.
- A is false and R is true.
Nervous System
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Answer
A is true and R is false.
Explanation — Muscles and glands are called effector organs because they carry out the response when they receive signals from the nervous system. Muscles and glands respond to impulses sent from the CNS via motor nerves, not sensory nerves.
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