Ttu zool 2403 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

5 cranial senses - Answer-olfaction, taste, vision, hearing and equilibrium Olfactory pathway - Answer-odor-olfactory receptors-olfactory nerves-olfactory bulbs-olfactory tracts-olfactory cortex Gustatory Pathway - Answer-Taste buds are on the dorsal surface of the tongue taste-receptors- cranial nerves-medulla-gustatory cortex 6 primary taste sensations - Answer-sweet salty bitter sour umami water Cranial Nerves - Answer-Facial nerve(CN VII)- anterior 2/3s on tongue Glossopharyngeal...

What does the Kidney do? - Produces Urine Functions of Kidney - 1. Excretion -removal of wastes from body fluids into urine 2. Regulation of Blood -Ions a. control blood Na+ (sodium), K+ (potassium), and Cl- (chloride) levels -ph a. control blood H+ (hydrogen) and HCO3- (bicarbonate) levels -Pressure and Volume a. control blood fluid volume and therefore blood pressure What three processes do the Kidneys use to perform their functions? - -Filtration of water, ions, ...

What does the Kidney do? - Answer-Produces Urine Functions of Kidney - Answer-1. Excretion -removal of wastes from body fluids into urine 2. Regulation of Blood -Ions a. control blood Na+ (sodium), K+ (potassium), and Cl- (chloride) levels -ph a. control blood H+ (hydrogen) and HCO3- (bicarbonate) levels -Pressure and Volume a. control blood fluid volume and therefore blood pressure What three processes do the Kidneys use to perform their functions? - Answer--Filtration of water, io...

What does the Central Nervous System include? - Answer-brain and spinal chord What does the Peripheral Nervous System include? - Answer-all nervous tissue outside the CNS One of the functions of the CNS is to interpret ____ information from the ____. - Answer-sensory, PNS The sensory information that comes in from the CNS is___. - Answer-Sensations One of the functions of the CNS is to send ____ commands to the ____ - Answer-motor, PNS The signals the CNS sends out produces____. - Answer-m...

What does the Central Nervous System include? - brain and spinal chord What does the Peripheral Nervous System include? - all nervous tissue outside the CNS One of the functions of the CNS is to interpret ____ information from the ____. - sensory, PNS The sensory information that comes in from the CNS is___. - Sensations One of the functions of the CNS is to send ____ commands to the ____ - motor, PNS The signals the CNS sends out produces____. - movement The CNS processes and ...

What does the Central Nervous System include? - Answer-brain and spinal chord What does the Peripheral Nervous System include? - Answer-all nervous tissue outside the CNS One of the functions of the CNS is to interpret ____ information from the ____. - Answer-sensory, PNS The sensory information that comes in from the CNS is___. - Answer-Sensations One of the functions of the CNS is to send ____ commands to the ____ - Answer-motor, PNS The signals the CNS sends out produces____. - Answer-mo...

What does the Kidney do? - ️️Produces Urine Functions of Kidney - ️️1. Excretion -removal of wastes from body fluids into urine 2. Regulation of Blood -Ions a. control blood Na+ (sodium), K+ (potassium), and Cl- (chloride) levels -ph a. control blood H+ (hydrogen) and HCO3- (bicarbonate) levels -Pressure and Volume a. control blood fluid volume and therefore blood pressure What three processes do the Kidneys use to perform their functions? - ️️-Filtratio...

seminiferous tubules - Answer-The testes contain ____ ____ sperm are produced The Juxtaglomerular Apparatus is a(n) ___ composed of macula densa which are specialized epithelial cells in the Distal Convoluted Tubule (DCT) - Answer-Endocrine structure If decreased blood pressure is sensed by the Juxtaglomerular (JG) cells, the JG cells release the hormone renin, which activates angiotensin (also hormone). Angiotensin causes vasoconstriction and secretion of aldosterone (mineralocorticoid hor...