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Neuron Structure - dendrites, cell body, axon dendrites - short, highly branched signal receptive regions of the nerve cell. Convey incoming message toward cell bodies each nerve cell (neuron) has only one - axon axon - impulse generating and conducting region of neuron myelin sheath - Whitish fatty protein layer that protects and electrically insulates the axon. Increases the speed of transmission of nerve impulses myelin sheath is only associated with - axons, not dendrites what determ...

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GCU BIO-201 Exam 2 Questions With Verified Answers What are the 5 layers of the skin? (From deep to superficial) - ANS Stratum basale Stratum spinosum Stratum granulosum Stratum lucidum (only in palms and soles of feet) Stratum Corneum What causes osteoporosis? - ANS Deficiency of calcium What hormone is released when CA levels are too high? - ANS Calcitonin (*Think "can tone it down") What hormone(s) is released when CA levels are too low? - ANS Parathyroid & Calcitriol...

GCU BIO 201 Exam 4 All Answers Correct Afferent transmission "approaching" towards something Agonist stimulates receptor Alpha 1 found in most tissues vasoconstricts smooth muscle cells in blood vessel Alpha 2 found in GI tract vasodilation of blood vessels typically inhibitory Amygdala emotional memory Antagonist blocks receptor Arachnoid granulations large clusters of villi absorb CSF into venous circulation Arachnoid layer middle layer, wed-like Arachnoid villi...

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GCU BIO 201 UPDATED Exam Questions and CORRECT Answers synarthroses - Correct ANSWER- immovable joints, found in places such as the sutures of the skull Amphiarthrosis - Correct ANSWER- slightly movable joint in places like the innervertebral discs diarthroses - Correct ANSWER- freely movable joints, found in places such as the shoulder synovial joints - Correct ANSWER- freely movable joints that connect bones with a sack of fluid to prevent rubbing and breakdown of bone

Pinocytosis - ANSWERCell drinking Phagocytosis - ANSWERCell eating Exocytosis - ANSWERrelease of substances outside a cell by the fusion of a vesicle with the membrane. Endocytosis - ANSWERprocess by which a cell takes material into the cell by infolding of the cell membrane osmosis - ANSWERLow to High, Diffusion of water through a selectively permeable membrane Diffusion - ANSWERMovement of molecules from an area of higher concentration to an area of lower concentration. tonic...