| 释义 |
effector|ɛˈfɛktər|
1. As a variant of effecter.
2. Biol. In attrib. use or as adj., or n., applied to an organ which shows the specific effect of a nervous reaction.
1906C. S. Sherrington Integrative Action Nerv. Syst. i. 7 An effector organ, e.g., gland cells or muscle cells. Ibid. ix. 309 The conductor mediating between receptor and effector. Ibid., At the deep, i.e. effector, end the branching of the conductive stem places it in touch not with one effective cell but with many. 1920T. P. Nunn Education: its Data & First Princ. 166 Connector-axons which make their way to effector-neurones entirely outside the cord. 1927W. Shumway Vert. Embryol. 186 The sense organs (receptors) from the nerves (transmittors) by which stimuli are passed on to the muscles or glands (effectors). 1927S. W. Ranson Anat. Nerv. Syst. (ed. 3) 18 A sensitive mechanism for receiving stimuli and conducting them to the appropriate organs of response. These organs..are known as effectors. 1952Brit. Jrnl. Psychol. Feb. 18 To keep his attention one step ahead of his effector performance, or any decrease of effector accuracy. 1962Gray's Anat. (ed. 33) 943 (caption) Effector neurones. Effector organs. Ibid., Specialized receptors are differentiated at the surface of the body for the receipt of the stimulus and specialised effectors, either muscle or secretory cells, are differentiated for the response. 1968Lebende Sprachen XIII. 39/1 Such an adaptive system requires..an effector mechanism for adaptively seeking that goal condition. |