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Muscles
Muscles
The four characteristics of muscle tissue
What is excitablility, contractibility, extensibility, elasticity?
I am the center of higher learning and intelligence
What is the cerebrum?
Norepinephrine, Epinephrine, and Dopamine
What are 3 catecholamine neurotransmitters?
The pain experiencing sense is also known as this
What is the nociception sense?
I make an animal's eyes "glow" in the dark when a light is shined on them
What is the tapetum?
The basic contractile unit of a muscle fiber
What is a sarcomere?
I regulate temperature, hunger, thirst, rage and anger
What is the hypothalamus?
The parasympathetic nervous system nerves are also known as this
What is the cranial-sacral system?
My function is to decrease amplitude of sound wave vibrations and increase their force
What are ossicles?
The sensory receptors for vision are located here
What is the retina?
The neurotransmitter that is responsible for muscle contraction
What is acetylcholine? ACh
The 3 layers from deep to superficial of meninges
What is the Pia mater, Arachnoid, and Dura Mater?
A type of reflex that causes the extensor muscles on one limb to contract when the flexor muscles on the opposite limb contract
What is a crossed extensor reflex?
The patch of sensory epithelium that generates nerve impulses that inform the brain about the position of the head
What is the macula?
The insufficient drainage of aqueous humor
What is the primary cause of Glaucoma?
The site where a motor nerve fiber connects to a muscle fiber
What is a neuromuscular junction?
Part of the CNS that controls coordinated movement, balance, and posture
What is the cerebellum?
The space between a neuron and a target cell
What is a synapse?
Equalize air pressure between the middle ear and the outside environment
What is the function of the eustachian tube?
I am where aqueous humor is produced
Located in the right atrium and generated impulses that initiate each heartbeat
What is the sinoatrial (SA) node?
Gyri and Sulci are found on the surface of these 2 structures in the brain
What is the cerebrum and cerebellum?
A type of neuron that has high potassium and high sodium ion concentration inside the cell membrane.
What is a depolarized neuron?
The gustatory sense is dependent on this type of stimulation
What is chemical stimulation?
Where the upper and lower eyelids meet near the bridge of an animal's nose
What is the medial canthus?