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What is homeostasis? - how varied components of living things adjust to maintain a constant internal living environment. There is a balanced dynamic state! Diseases result from homeostatic imbalances (diabetes) What are the levels of organization? - chemical - cellular - tissue - organ - organ system - organismal What is the nervous system made of? - The Central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) and the peripheral nervous system (cranial nerves and spinal nerves). What is the big p...

PSYC 375 - Brain and Behaviour Exam Questions With 100% Correct Answers which glial cell contributes to the formation of tight junctions? - answerastrocytes COncentration gradients = __________ energy - answerpotential Which transmembrane proteins use energy? - answerPUMPS!! ex. sodium potassium pump - actively transports a substance across the membrane (against its concentration gradient) Which transmembrane proteins DO NOT use energy? - answer1. Channels - always open 2. Gated channels ...

BIOL 235 Midterm 2 Exam Questions and Answers Latest Updated | Graded. between the origin and insertion which is usually located proximally in limbs ? - Origin What happens during REVERSE MUSCLE ACTION? - specific movements of the body the actions are reversed THEREFOR the positions of the origin and insertion of a muscle are switched What is a mechanical advantage using the example of a lever? - if the load is closer to the fulcrum and the effort is farther from the fulcrum only a small ab...

BIO 161 PSU EXAM 2 A GRADED QUESTIONS AND ANSWERSendocrine system - glands secret hormones directly to the blood nervous tissue - fast and direct to target functions of neurons - excitable, conductive, secrete neurotransmitters, respond to stimuli dendrites - receive signals from other neurons cell body - contain nucleus axons - can be myelinated or not, help with faster transmission synapse - point in between two neurons unipolar neurons - axon branches off cell body in two places typ...

memmlers WB nervous system Ch 9 Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass the functional division that controls the heart... - Answer- autonomic nervous system the functional division that controls skeletal muscles... - Answer- somatic nervous system the system that promotes the fight-or-flight response... - Answer- sympathetic nervous system the system that stimulates the activity of the digestive tract... - Answer- parasympathetic nervous system the structural division that includes the br...

Biology 252 Exam 1 Questions And Answers 100% Verified. What is homeostasis? - correct answer. how varied components of living things adjust to maintain a constant internal living environment. There is a balanced dynamic state! Diseases result from homeostatic imbalances (diabetes) What are the levels of organization? - correct answer. chemical - cellular - tissue - organ - organ system - organismal What is the nervous system made of? - correct answer. The Central nervo...

Psych 115 Midterm 1 UCLA Exam Questions and Answers 100% Pass What are the three layers of protective layer called? - Answer- Meninges - Dura Mater (thick outer layer) - Arachnoid (Spongy middle layer) - Pia Mater (thin inner layer) What is the organ that constantly manufactures the CSF? - Answer- choroid plexus, which resides in hollow tubes and cavities called ventricles Where does the action potential originate? - Answer- Integration zone (or active zone) What are the three types of ...

HUBS1416 Practice Exam Questions and Answers Which of the following would be expected to inhibit the generation of an action potential? a) Inflammation of the myelin sheath b) Stimulating GABA receptors c) Blocking acetylcholine receptors d) Activating adrenalin receptors -Answer-b) Stimulating GABA receptors Which is true about neurons? a) At rest a neuron will have a negative membrane potential, due to it having more open K+ channels than Na+ channels b) Inhibitory neurons will relea...

BIOL 235 Midterm 2 Review between the origin and insertion which is usually located proximally in limbs ? - Origin What happens during REVERSE MUSCLE ACTION? - specific movements of the body the actions are reversed THEREFOR the positions of the origin and insertion of a muscle are switched What is a mechanical advantage using the example of a lever? - if the load is closer to the fulcrum and the effort is farther from the fulcrum only a small about of effort is needed to move the l...

training effect - Correct Answer-An increase in functional capacity of muscles and other bodily tissues as a result of increased stress (overload) placed upon them. Homeostasis - Correct Answer-The automatic tendency to maintain a relatively constant internal environment. Metabolism - Correct Answer-The total of all the chemical and physical processes by which the body builds and maintains itself (anabolism) and by which it breaks down its substances for the production of energy (catabolis...