Lobe that processes visual information.
What is the occipital lobe?
Cranial nerve that allows you to shrug your shoulders.
What is the accessory nerve (XI)?
The part of the eye that gives it color and controls pupil size.
What is the iris?
The process of breaking down larger molecules into smaller ones.
What is catabolism?
This organ filters blood to form urine.
What is the kidney
Brainstem section that controls breathing and heart rate.
What is the medulla oblongata?
The tough outer meningeal layer covering the spinal cord.
What is the dura mater?
The snail-shaped structure that converts sound vibrations into nerve impulses.
What is the cochlea?
Proteins are made up of these building blocks.
What are amino acids?
The functional unit of the kidney.
What is the nephron?
The ridges on the brain’s surface.
What are gyri?
Damage to cranial nerve II may cause this.
What is blindness/vision loss?
Condition where pressure builds in the eye and damages the optic nerve.
What is glaucoma?
The breakdown of glucose to produce ATP.
What is glycolysis?
The indentation on the kidney where blood vessels and the ureter connect.
What is the hilum?
The "little brain" that coordinates movement and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
The white matter of the spinal cord is made up mostly of these structures.
What are myelinated axons?
These receptors detect changes in temperature.
What are thermoreceptors?
The approximate number of ATP molecules produced from one molecule of glucose during aerobic respiration.
What is 36–38 ATP?
Aldosterone promotes reabsorption of this ion in the nephron.
What is sodium?
Condition where blood flow to the brain is interrupted.
What is a stroke (CVA)?
Spinal cord injury at C3 or higher can lead to this fatal complication.
What is respiratory failure (loss of diaphragm control)?
The part of the brain that interprets touch, temperature, and pain.
What is the parietal lobe (somatosensory cortex)?
he organelle where most ATP is produced.
What is the mitochondrion?
The outer layer of the kidney.
What is the renal cortex?