ch.8 Flashcards

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neurons transmits and processes info from through ?? define

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action potentials: localized area of depolarization of the plasma membrane that travels along the axon.

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synaptic transmission

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the signal reaches the synapse (end of axon) and its transformed into a chemical signal with the release of NT into the synaptic cleft

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what is the structure of a neuron from top to bottom

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dendrites to soma to axon to synaptic knots

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the axon is surrounded by ?? what are the areas that dont have this called

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myelin and the areas without it are called nodes of ranvier

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neurons only have ONE ?? but can have multiple ?? what are the two called

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one AXON but they can have one dendrite called bipolar or many dendrites called multipolar

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a nerve is what

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a group of different axons from different neurons

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what is the resting membrane potential of a cell? the inside of cell is what charge? outside?

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resting membrane is -70mv and the inside of the cell is (-) and outside is (+)

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what are the ways you can maintain resting membrane potential

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  1. NA/K ATPase that pumps 3 NA out of cell and 2 K+ into cell.
  2. leak channels that are always open and allow K+ ions to leak out
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what is depolarization? repolarization?

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depolarization is the change in membrane potential to less (-) or even (+) . repolarization is when it goes back to negative

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what causes these polarizations

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VG sodium and potassium channels that are located in the membrane of cell

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how does an AP occur

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sodium channels are slightly opened to allow depolarization of cell to reach the threshold potential of -50mv, and the sodium channels fully open to allow Na ions in

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does Ap ever stop once it has started? what is all or nothing?

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they cant stop until it reaches the synapse. neurons have a all or nothing response where unless the threshold is passes, nothing will occur

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how does repolarization occur

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VG sodium channels inactivate very quickly and VG K+ take a bit to open but stay open longer to allow cell to go back to RMP at -90mv (hyperpolarization) and jumps back to -70mv

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14
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what is myelin made up of? can AP occur here?

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myelin is made up of schwann cells in the PNS a type of glial cell & oligodendrocytes in the CNS. Ap cannot occur because ions cannot travel freely in myelin

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15
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if Ap cant travel in myelinated parts of axons, how does it travel?

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it jumps on the nodes of ranvier through saltatory conduction

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16
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what is a glial cell

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a specialized cell (nonneuronal) that usually provides structural and metabolic support to neurons

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schwann cell does?

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forms myelin in PNS and increases speed of AP

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18
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oligodendrocytes does?

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forms myelin in CNS and increases speed of AP

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19
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astrocytes does?

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in CNS guide neuronal development and regulate synaptic communication

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20
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microglia does?

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In CNS removed dead cells and debris

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21
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during an AP, Na and K+ movement (what type of transport) is

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passive and driven by gradients

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22
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ependymal cells

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In CNS produce and circulate CSF

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23
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equilibrium potential

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the membrane potential at which this driving force (gradient) doesnt exist therefore no ions would move across them. equal ions on both sides

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24
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refractory period, what are the two phases?

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when the neuron cannot be depolarized and its unable to transmit another AP after one just passed. absolute refractory period and relative

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absolute refractory period

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a neuron will not fire an AP no matter what. Na channels are inactive NOT CLOSED

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relative refractory period

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a neuron can be induced to make an AP but depol needs to be way stronger than normal because cell has been hyperpolarized

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27
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whats a synapse? what are the two types

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a synapse is a junction between the axon terminus of one cell and dendrites of another cell. theres chemical and electrical

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28
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how does chemical synapse work

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depol causes Calcium channels to open which causes exocytosis of NT to other cell and it binds to LG channels which causes AP in posy synaptic cell

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29
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how electrical synapse work? example?

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occurs when cytoplasm of 2 cells are joined by a gap junction. examples are smooth muscle and cardiac muscle

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30
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what are some NT’s? what do you call an NT that induced depol? repol?

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Ach, dopa, GABA, serotonin. depol: excitatory repol: inhibitory

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31
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what is the adding effect of a bunch of synapses on one cell? can they be excitatory or inhibitory?

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summation and they can be both

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32
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excitatory NT’s cause what? inhibitory NT’s cause what?

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excitatory NT’s cause excitatory post synaptic potential or EPSP and inhibitory causes inhibitory post synaptic potential or IPSP

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33
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receiving info is whos job? integrating info is whos job?

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receiving info is sensory/motor and done by PNS and integrating is CNS

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34
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effectors

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motor neurons that carry info from NS to organs that can act upon sensory info

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motor neurons that carry info towards are called? away?

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efferent neurons go from NS to organ and afferent neurons go from organ to NS

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36
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reflexes are

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direct motor reponse to sensory input that occurs without conscious thought, doesnt use brain at all and mediated by spinal cord

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muscle stretch reflex

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a sensory nueron detects stretching of muscle and has a long axon

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38
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monosynaptic reflex arc

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reflex involving only 2 neurons and 1 synapse

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39
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relaxation of one muscle and contraction of another muscle is an example of

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reciprocal inhibitions

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40
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PNS is divided into

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somatic (voluntary movement) and autonomic (involuntary like digestion, metabolism, circulation

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autonomic is divided further into

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sympathetic (fight or flight) and parasympathetic (rest and digest)

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42
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many sympathetic effects come from where

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epinephrine from adrenal medulla

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43
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myelinated axons in both CNS and PNS are considered to be what matter

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white matter

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44
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unmyelinated CNS cells are

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grey matter

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45
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the entire CNS floats in ? what does it do?

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CSF, CSF acts as a waste disposal, nutrient exchange, and shock absorber

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46
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what does spinal cord do

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connected to brain and its the site for info integration and processing and simple reflexes

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47
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what does hindbrain include?

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hindbrain includes medulla, pons, and cerebellum

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48
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medulla does

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connects brain with cord and relies info between other brain areas and regulates AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONS (VITALS)

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49
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pons does

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connection between brain stem and cerebellum, controls autonomic and coordinates movement and BALANCE

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50
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cerebellum does

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where COMPLEX MOVEMENTS are coordinated, damage causes pour hand eye coordination and balance

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midbrain does

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relay for VISUAL and AUDITORY INFO, WAKEFULNESS TOO

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52
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forebrain has what two parts

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includes diencephalon and telencephalon.

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53
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diencephalon contains what? what does each one do?

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thalamus: relay and processing of sensory information
and hypothalamus: controls emotion, pituitary gland controls hormones

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54
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telencephalon has what two functions

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left brain : controls right half of body and speech and right brain: controls left half od body and deals with visual spatial and music

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55
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how is left and right brain connected

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by the corpus callosum which is a bunch of axons

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56
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what is the biggest region of the brain and what does the surface of the brain is called?

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biggest region is the cerebrum and the surface consists of cerebral cortex

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57
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frontal lobe function

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voluntary movement and executive function

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58
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parietal lobe function

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sensation and taste

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59
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temporal lobe function

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auditory and smell, and short term mem

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occipital lobe

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visual

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61
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what is brocas area? wenicke’s?

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brocas is speech production and wernickes is language composition

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basal nuclei (basal ganglia) function

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voluntary motor control

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63
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limbic system includes? function?

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amygdala, dienolate gyrus, and hippocampus, deals with emotion and memory

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64
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all neurons entering and exiting the CNS are carried by?

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12 pairs of cranial nerves and 31 spinal nerves

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cranial nerve

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convey sensory and motor function to and from brain stem

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spinal nerve

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convey sensory and motor function to and from spinal cord

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the vagus nerve is a ?? and does what

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a cranial nerve that affects that heart and GI tract and part of parasymp system

68
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all somatic motor neurons innervate ?? and use what NT?

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innervate skeletal muscle cells and uses ACH as NT

69
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all somatic motor neurons have a ???

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long dendrite extending from sensory receptor to cell body located in dorsal root ganglion in spine

70
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what is dorsal root ganglion

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a bunch of somatic neurons located in back of the spinal cord and protected by the meninges

71
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the efferent neurons are made up of in the ANS?? define them

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preganglionic: has cell body in brain stem/cordand sends axon to ganglion outside of spinal column
postganglionic: sends axon to an effector (smooth muscle/gland)

72
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all autonomic preganglionic cells use what NT

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ach

73
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all parasymp neurons use what NT

A

ach

74
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all symp neurons use what NT

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noreepi

75
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somatic efferent have neurons connecting where

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directly to spinal cord connecting the somatic effectors (skeletal muscle)

76
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autonomic efferent have neurons connecting where

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pregang to spinal cord and postgang and postgang connects to autonomic effectors

77
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axon of parasymp and symp

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axon of parasymp are long so its close to target while axon of symp are short and far from target

78
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where is the adrenal gland and what parts does it have

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the adrenal gland is on top of the kidneys and it has the inside (medulla) and outside (cortex)

79
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cortex of adrenal gland secretes what

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glucocorticoids like cortisol and aldosterone and some sex hormones

80
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adrenal medulla is part of what nervous system? what does it secrete

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it is part of the symp system and secretes epinephrine

81
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what is difference between epi and norepi

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epi is a hormone while norepi is a nT

82
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sensation is ?? perception is ??

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sensation is the process of getting info from our receptors while perception is act of organization and interpreting

83
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what are exteroreceptors? interoreceptors?

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extero: outside stimuli
intero: inside stimuli

84
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mechanorecepors? chemoreceptors?

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mechano: react to mechanical disturbances like our hair cells in ears
chemo: chemicals like olfactory

85
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nociceptors? thermoreceptors? electromagnetic receptors?

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noci: pain and thermo: temo, electromagnetic: photoreceptors in eyes

86
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what 4 properties need to be communicated to CNS

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modality, location, intensity, and duration
MILD

87
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what are tonic receptors? phasic?

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tonic: fire AP’s while stimuli is occuring
phasic: fire AP’s once when stimuli starts

88
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what receptors do not adapt

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adapting means that while stimuli occurs, our brain will decrease firing frequency, nociceptors

89
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propricoceptors

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receptor for awareness of self, kinesthetic sense

90
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gustation is what? olfactory is what?

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gustation is taste and olfaction is smell

91
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what taste receptors (flavors) do we have?

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sweet (glucose), salty (Na+), bitter (basic), sour (acidic), umami (aa’s and nucleotides)

92
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outer ear is made up of what two structures

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auricle/penne (outer ear), and external auditory canal

93
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middle ear is made up of

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ossicles (malleus, incus, and stapes), with the stapes attached to the oval window that divides middle ear to inner ear

94
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inner ear is made up of

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cochlea, semicircular canal, the utricle and saccule

95
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in the coclea theres a membrane called ?? what does it help with

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membrane called the round window and helps release pressure

96
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the whole ear canal leads to the

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eustachian auditory tube that passes from back of throat to middle ear

97
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the basilar membrane, hair cells, and tectorial membrane together is called

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organ of corti

98
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what is perilymph and endolymph

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fluid in cochlea

99
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pitch? loudness? define

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freq of sound is distinguished by which region of basilar membrane vibrates. loudness is amplitude of vibration

100
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low freq stimulates where in the ear? high freq?

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farthest from oval window (end of the cochlea), high freq stimulates at the base of cochlea (front)

101
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what complex is responsible for balance and equilibrium in ear?

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it is the vestibular complex

102
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light enters the eye where? what is the white part called? what is behind the structure

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light enters the eye through the cornea., the white part is called the sclera and behind it is the choroid

103
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where is light focused on the eye

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retina

104
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inside the cornea is the what? what fluid is here? where does it lead to?

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inside the cornea we have the anterior chamber filled with aqueous humor and it leads to the iris (colored part) and pupil (the middle)

105
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what is behind the iris? where does it lead to?

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behind the iris we have the posterior chamber and leads to the lens that fine tunes the light

106
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what is the function of the curve of the eye? what designed this?

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it has refractive power. it is designed by ciliary muscle

107
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as light passes the cornea, the pupil and onto the retina, what chamber does it pass through to get to retina

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passing the anterior and posterior chamber, you pass the vitreous chamber filled with vitreous humor

108
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from the backwall of the retina, what is the sequence of cells that lead to the optic nerve

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rod and cone cells connect to bipolar cells that connect to ganglion cells that merge at the optic disk and makes the optic nerve

109
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the optic disk is called the ?? why?

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blind spot because there no photoreceptors

110
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in the retina, what is the part that has only cone cells

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fovea and it has high acuity

111
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in the dark, rod and cone cells are resting and are in the ??polarized state? what occurs when light is exposed, what NT will it release

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they are depolarized in the dark and hyperpolarized in the light and release Glutamate

112
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on center cells are ?? (in terms of glutamate)

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in the dark they make dont glutamate and in light they do make it

113
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off center cells are ?? (in terms of glutamate)

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in the dark, they make glutamate and in light, they dont

114
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cone cells deal with what? rod?

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cone cells have red blue green receptors, while rod cells are for night vision

115
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too much curve in eye causes what? what is this called? what fixes it?

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causes light to bend too much causing myopia. this can be fixed by concave lenses (diverging) (NEARSIGHTEDNESS)

116
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focusing light behind retina causes what? how to fix?

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hyperopia and can be fixed by convex lens (converging) (FARSIGHTEDNESS)

117
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what do old people get as they get older in eyes? condition

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presbyopia, inability to accommodate focus

118
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feature detection theory

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a certain area of brain is activated when we look at diff. things

119
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what is parallel processing?

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many aspects of visual stimuli is processed simultaneously

120
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what is absolute threshold? difference threshold?

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absolute threshold: the smallest level of stimulus that can be detected
difference threshold: the smallest amount by which two sensory stimuli can differ in order for an individual to perceive them as different.

121
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webers law

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dictates that 2 stimuli must differ by a constant proportion in order for their difference to be perceptible

122
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signal detection theory

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Your ability or likelihood to detect some stimulus is affected by the intensity of the stimulus (e.g., how loud a noise is) and your physical and psychological state (e.g., how alert you are)

123
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what are 4 outcomes for signal detection theory

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a hit (stim present and noticed), a miss (stim present but missed), a false alarm, or correct rejection

124
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gestalt psych?

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the whole exceeds the sum of its parts, we perceive an object not lines or angles

125
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nervous system is very ?? acting while endocrine is ?? acting

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NS is fast acting while ES is slow acting

126
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hormone

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a molecule which is secreted into the BLOODSTREAM by an endocrine gland (no ducts)

127
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exocrine gland

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has ducts

128
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what is a hormone receptor

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a polypeptide that possess a ligand specific binding site

129
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what is autocrine activity

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some signaling molecules modify activity of the same cell it was secreted from

130
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hydrophilic hormones are made where? how do they exert their power?

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they are made in rough ER and modified in the golgi. since they cant pass through membrane, they have a receptor that starts second messenger cascade

131
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how fast or slow does steroid or peptide hormones work

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steroid has slow effects but long lasting while peptide is fast but short acting

132
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insulin is what kind of hormone? made from?

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a peptide hormone secreted by b cells in pancreas

133
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epinephrine and thyroid is what kind of hormone?

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AA derived

134
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what is special about thyroid hormone

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although it is AA derived, it acts like a steroid hormone

135
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steorid hormones are made where? are they stored or used immediately?

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they are made in smooth ER and they arent stored, so if it is made, it is used immediately

136
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steroid hormones effect what directly? peptide?

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steroid: affects transcription while peptide affects enzyme activity

137
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what glands make steroid hormones?

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testes, ovaries, placenta, and adrenal gland makes steroid hormones while every other gland makes peptide

138
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hormones that control other hormones are called

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tropic hormones like gonadotropic hormone

139
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endocrine system maintains what body process? how does it do this

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it maintains homeostasis by monitoring hormone levels bringing them up or down when needed

140
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what does adrenocorticotropic hormone do? where is it made

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it is secreted by the anterior pituitary and stimulated adrenal cortex to secrete cortisol and other hormones

141
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what are releasing and inhibiting factors/hormones

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these are molecules that regulate tropic hormones like CRH that regulates ACTH

142
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what part of the pituitary glands deals with most of the ES

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the anterior and this is called the hypothalamic pituitary control axis

143
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what is the anterior pituitary

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a normal endocrine gland and its controlled by the hypothalamus releasing releasing and inhibiting factors

144
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what is the posterior pituitary

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a bunch of axons that descend from hypothalamus and they have cells called neuroendocrine cells that secrete hormones

145
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ADH is released by ? what does it do

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the posterior pituitary gland and it causes kidney to retain water and increase blood pressure

146
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oxytocin is released by what? what does it do

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the posterior pit gland and causes uterine contractions and milk let down

147
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thyroid hormone deals with what? production of thyroid hormone is increased by what

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deals with metabolic and energy usage. it is increased by Thyroid stimulating hormone (TSH) from the anterior pit and commanded by hypothalamus

148
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hypothalamus releases what hormones and what are effects

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releasing and inhibiting factors and the effects are on anterior pituitary gland to modify activity

149
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anterior pituitary makes what hormones, describe the hormones that are under the two main categories?

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it makes tropic (TSH and ACTH) and gonadotropic (LH and FSH), it also makes growth hormone and prolactin

150
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what are the effects of TSH? ACTH?

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TSH: stimulates thyroid
ACTH: stimulates activity in the adrenal cortex

151
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what are the effects of prolactin and growth hormone

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prolactin: causes milk production
growth hormone: increase bone and muscle growth

152
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what are the effects of LH? FSH?

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LH: ovary and testes synthesis
FSH: follicle and sperm synthesis

153
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what hormones does the posterior pituitary make

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ADH (vasopressin) and Oxytocin

154
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thyroid makes what hormones

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thyroid hormone and calcitonin

155
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what does thyroid hormone do? calcitonin?

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thyroid hormone: stimulates growth in kids and metabolic processes in adults
calcitonin: lowers calcium in bone and kidney

156
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parathyroid makes what hormone? what does it do

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it makes the parathyroid hormone (PTH) and it increases calcium in kidney and bones

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thymus makes what hormone? what does it do?

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it makes tymosin and it helps with t cell development in kids

158
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adrenal medulla makes what hormone? what does it do?

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it makes epinephrine hormone. and it starts symp response

159
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adrenal cortex makes what hormones?

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it makes steroid hormones like cortisol, aldosterone, and the sex hormones

160
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what does cortisol do? aldosterone?

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cortisol: it increases blood and protein breakdown. it also decreases inflammation and immune response
Aldosterone: increases sodium reabsorption in the kidneys

161
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what hormone does endocrine pancreas make

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insulin and glucagon

162
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what does insulin do? glucagon?

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insulin decreased blood sugar and increase glycogen storage.
glucagon: increases blood sugar and increase glycogen breakdown

163
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heart makes what hormone? what does it do?

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atrial natriuretic factor and it increase urination to lower blood pressure

164
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kidney makes what hormone? what does it do

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erythropoietin and it increases bone marrow and RBC synthesis.

165
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what occurs to Na/K ATPase when there is no oxygen present?

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with no oxygen, there is no ATP produced therefore ATPase fails, causing the membrane to allow water to enter

166
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what important process uses the influx of calcium?

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NT release and muscle contraction

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