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Which type muscle: single nucleus, walls of hollow organs, involuntary; slow and sustained contractions, performing for long periods.
What is "smooth muscle"?
100
a neuron and all of the muscle fibers that it stimulates
What is a "motor unit"?
100
A muscle's least movable point of skeletal attachment is its 1.___________; the more movable end is its 2.___________.
What is "1. origin; 2. insertion
100
inflammation of the brain
What is "encephalitis"?
100
the cranial nerve that causes pupillary constriction
What is "III oculomotor"
200
The site where the motor nerve impulse is transmitted from the nerve ending to the muscle cell membrane
What is a "neuromuscular junction"?
200
main muscle pair used in turning the head to say "no"
What is the "sternocleidomastoid"?
200
During mild exercise, the process that provides the richest supply of ATP for muscle contraction is:
What is "aerobic respiration"?
200
the substance released at axonal endings (axonal terminals)?
What is a "neurotransmitter"? (acetylcholine and norepinephrine)
200
three cranial nerves that are purely sensory
What are "I olfactory, II optic, VIII vestibulocochlear"?
300
describing a cone-shaped pathway with the arm
What is "circumduction"?
300
smiling muscle
What is the "zygomaticus"?
300
the region of the brain that is most concerned with equilibrium, body posture, and coordination of body activity
What is the "cerebellum"?
300
The part of the nerve cell that conducts impulses away from a nerve cell body
What is an "axon"?
300
two names for a depression on the surface of the cerebral cortex
What are "sulcus and fissure"?
400
movement of the superior aspect of the foot towards the leg; standing on one's heels
What is "dorsiflexion"?
400
Three muscles of mastication
What are the "buccinators, masseter, and temporalis"?
400
forms cerebrospinal fluid
What are "choroid plexuses"?
400
The epinephrine and norepinephrine of the adrenal medulla act to supplement the effects of ___________.
What is "sympathetic stimulation"?
400
two blood-borne substances that can cross capillary walls in the brain (the blood-brain barrier)
What are glucose and respiratory gases"?
500
When the neurotransmitter is released and attaches to the receptors on the sarcolemma, 1.__________ rushes into the cell, causing 2.______________, which subsequently leads to the contraction process.
What is "1. sodium ions (Na+); 2. depolarization
500
Isotonic or isometric contraction? a. lifting a glass of water to your mouth b. writing a letter c. pushing against a stationary wall
What is a. isotonic; b. isotonic; c. isometric
500
the cerebral lobe that is the seat of intelligence; abstract reasoning
What is the "frontal lobe"?
500
Process during which ATP is used to move sodium out of the cell and potassium into the cell; restores the ionic conditions of the resting (polarized) state.
What is the "sodium-potassium pump"?
500
Impulse conduction is fastest in neurons that are _____________. In myelinated axons, the sodium channels are concentrated at the _______ __ _________.
What is "myelinated"? What are the "nodes of Ranvier"?