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Physiology
Physiology 7-14
Question | Answer |
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Name the steps of a membrane potential | Hypopolorization, Depolorization, Overshoot, Repolarization, Hyperpolorization |
What type of synapes occur between nuerons | Electrical and Chemical |
The CNS consist of what structures | Brain, spinal cord, and nuerons |
How many cranial nerves are there? What Nervous system do the cranial nerves reside in? | 12. Perphial Nervous System- the somatic motor nervous system |
Autonomic nervous system are divided into... | Sympathetic and Parasympathic Nervous system |
What neurotransmitter is used in the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system | Parasympathetic - Acetylcholine Sympathetic - Norepinephrine |
Special senses include | Smell, taste, hearing, balance, and vision |
Discribe the path of sound when it enters the ear | Sound arrives at the auricle, passes through the pinna and the external acoustic meatus. Once the sound hits the tympanic membrane it vibrates the the middle ear. Sounds transmits through the three bones and to the oval window to the hairs within the coc |
What controls hormone secretion | negative feedback loop |
What major gland is refered to as the "master gland" | Pituitary gland |
What is the major WBC in the blood | Neutrophils |
Name the formed elemens in the blood | RBC, WBC, and Platelets |
Trace blood flow through the heart | Body, Right atrium, tricuspid valve, right ventricle, pulmoary artery, lungs, Pulmonary vein, left atrium, bicuspid valvle, left ventricle, and to the body |
Trace lymph fluid through the body | Colorless lymph fluid is squeezed through blood capillaries into lymphatic capillary, lymph vessel, lymp nodes, lymph vessel, back to the circluation through the jugular and subclavian veins |
Tidal volume | The volume of air moved into or out of the respiratory tract during normal respiratory cycle. |
The wave-like ripple of the muscle layer of the GI tract is called | peristalsis |
Peristalsis is regulated in part by the intrinsic stretch reflexes. It is also thought to be stimulated by the hormone | cholecystokinin (CCK) |
The ejection of bile from the gallbladder is controlled by which hormones? | CCK and secretin |
What hormones regulate water absorption in the kidney tubules | ADH and aldosterone |