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Arrange the following in the order in which messages travel from the receptors to the effector muscles.

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Sensory neurons

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Brain

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Motor neuron

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Effector

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Solution

Sensory neurons carry information from receptors to the brain. The brain interprets that information and sends response via motor nerves to effector muscles.

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