effector Any structure (e.g. gland, muscle, electric organ, stinging cell, or pigment cell) that responds to a stimulus directly or indirectly. The nervous system controls most effectors.

What are the effectors in the body?

Effectors are parts of the body - such as muscles and glands - that produce a response to a detected stimulus. For example: muscle squeezing saliva from the salivary gland. a gland releasing a hormone into the blood.

What are the 3 types of effectors?

Examples of effectors are as follows: (1) allosteric effectors, (2) bacterial effectors, and (3) fungal effectors (e.g. apoplastic effectors and cytoplasmic effectors). In other biological contexts, the term effector is used to describe an organ, a gland, or a muscle that responds to a nerve impulse.