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2 different tracks for Descending - CORRECT ANSWER: -Pyramidal and extrapyramidal
2 parts of nervous tissue - CORRECT ANSWER: Glia Cells, and neurons.
2 types of euro transmitters - CORRECT ANSWER: Acetylcholine, and Norepinephrine
2 types of fibers - CORRECT ANSWER: Cholinergic( have ACH receptors creates a
parasympathetic response.), adrenergic(Norepinephrine receptors stimulates sympathetic)
2 ways to terminate activity or near transmitters - CORRECT ANSWER: Break it down, or
recycle it
3 mechanism that control hormone secretion - CORRECT ANSWER: Feedback system,
biorhythms, CNS
3 parts of the brain stem - CORRECT ANSWER: midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata
4 basic taste sensations - CORRECT ANSWER: sweet, sour, salty, and biter.
4 major lobes of the Cerebrum - CORRECT ANSWER: Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, occipital
,4 major parts of the brain - CORRECT ANSWER: Cerebrum, Diencephalon, Brain Stem,
Cerebellum
4 Ways to increase blood calcium - CORRECT ANSWER: -reabsorption:bone to blood
-Reabsorb Ca from urine
-Negative Feedback for calcitonin and PTH
-with vitamin D to absorb through the dietary tract.
5 Stages of Reflex Arc - CORRECT ANSWER: - a receptor organ is stimulated
-sensory information is carried to spinal cord
-the integration center allows the sensory neuron to make contact with more that one neuron
-Motor information comes from the spinal cord to the effector organ
-The effector organ performs
Accommodation-lens - CORRECT ANSWER: changes shape to focus on close objects.
Acetylcholinesterase - CORRECT ANSWER: breaks down the acetylcholine
Action Potential or Nerve impulse - CORRECT ANSWER: is the electrical signal. Can only
happen in the neuron
Adaptation - CORRECT ANSWER: at first you are highly aware to it, and then after a while you
get used to it.
Addison Disease - CORRECT ANSWER: Hypo. Weakness. Skin Bronzing. Loss of fluids and
electrolytes
Adrenal Gland has 2 parts - CORRECT ANSWER: The medulla and the Cortex.
, Adrenergic receptors or sympathetic - CORRECT ANSWER: Alpha 1.
Alpha 2
Beta 1
Beta 2
Afferent Nerve - CORRECT ANSWER: goes from peripheral to CNS. It carries sensory
Afferent Neuron - CORRECT ANSWER: send sensory information to the CNS
Afferent Neurons - CORRECT ANSWER: are sensory neurons. Carries information to the
Central nervous system.
Agonist - CORRECT ANSWER: Activates the receptor.
Alpha 1 - CORRECT ANSWER: vasoconstriction increases blood pressure.
Alpha 1 and Alpha 2 are located - CORRECT ANSWER: both at blood vessels
Alpha 2 - CORRECT ANSWER: Vasodilation leads to lower blood pressure
Antagonist - CORRECT ANSWER: turns the receptor off. is a blocker.
Anterior Cavity of the eye is filled with - CORRECT ANSWER: aqueous humor produced by
the ciliary body.
Anterior Pituitary - CORRECT ANSWER: adenohypophysis