The central terminals of afferent neurons mediating spinal reflexes are distributed within the spinal cord, so that :-a- all of them terminate in the same spinal segment of their entry to the cordb- all of them terminate on interneuronsc- all of them subserve spinal reflexesd- they provide pathways for divergence of the incoming sensory impulses

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