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the moveable attachment of muscle to bone or other connective tissue is referred to as the...
insertions
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a muscle whose contraction is chiefly responsible for producing a particular movement is called...
agonist
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the stationary, immovable or less moveable attachment of a muscle is the
origin
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name all the muscles of the hamstring group
bicep femoris, semitendinosus, semimembranosus
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what are the three main functions of the nervous system
- 1) Receive sensory input
- 2) integrate the input
- 3) respond to internal/external input
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what structures comprise the CNS?
spinal chord, brain
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Sensory and motor neurons are collectively called the
PNS
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what are the four main parts of a neuron
- dendrites
- cell body
- axon
- axon terminal
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the site of contact between a synaptic terminal of a neuron and a target, such as another neuron, a muscle cell, or a gland is called a...
synaptic cleft
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what are interneurons?
nerve cells found entirely within the CNS that acts as a link between sensory neurons
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Supporting cells are called..
neuroglia
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what cells form the insulating sheaths around axons and where are these cells found
the myelin sheaths are made of mostly lipids and are found wherever nerves are found
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the "motor division" of the PNS is divided into two functional divisions called the ...
Sensory and Motor nervous system
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the somatic nervous system carries signals to
skeletal muscles
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what are the spinal meninges
membranes covering the brain and spinal chord
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what are the three meningeal layers
- dura mater
- arachnoid mater
- pia mater
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what are reflexes
rapid, predictable, involuntary responses to stimuli
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the meningal layer that adheres to the surface contour of the brain, extending into every fold and curve, is the
pia mater
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the region of the brain responsible for balance is the
cerebellum
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the major region of the brain responsible for conscious thought processes, sensation and memory
frontal lobe
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the ventricles of the brain are filled with
cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
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the primary link between the nervous and endocrine system is the
hypothalamus
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what is the protective covering of the brain
meninges
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what area of the brain is considered white matter
deep parts
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what are four sections to the brain stem
medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain, diencephalon
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what are the four lobes of the brain
frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital
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name the five senses
sight, hear, touch, smell, taste
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what are the six sensory receptors
- chemoreceptors
- nocireceptors
- thermoreceptors
- electromagneticreceptors
- mechanoreceptor
- photoreceptors
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What does the chemoreceptor detect?
chemical stimulation in the environment
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what does the nicireceptor detect ?
damage
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what does the thermoreceptor detect?
temperature change
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what does the electromagneticreceptor detect?
electromagnetic waves
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what does the mechanoreceptor detect
mechanical stress
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what does the photoreceptor detect
light
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what are taste buds?
clusters of receptors found on the tounge
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what are the four primary tastes
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what are the three layers of the eye
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what are the three regions of the ear
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list and describe the three common hearing impairments
- 1) conductive hearing loss - inability of the outer ear to pass sound vibrations into the cochlea
- 2) neural hearing loss - defect of inner ear
- 3) combination
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what are the types of touch receptors and what do they detect
- Encapsulated - light touch
- touch receptors - detect vibrations
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- dark purple - brain stem
- light purple - medulla
- yellow - cerebellum
- lime green - temporal lobe
- pink - occipital lobe
- light orange - parietal lobe
- light blue - frontal lobe
- pink suture - calcarine suture
- red suture - central suture
- blue suture - parieto - occipital suture
- light purple - precentral gyrus
- orange - postcentral gyrus
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