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Sasha Valdez
Physiology Weeks 7-13
Dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine are classified as? | They are classified as catecholamines. |
Serotonin is an example of a(n): | An example of amine neurotransmitter. |
A slight shift away from the resting membrane potentials in a specific region of the plasma membrane is called a _____ potential. | A local potential. |
Acetylcholine can stimulate _____ receptors. | Can stimulate nicotinic receptors. |
A mixed nerve is one that? | One that carries both sensory and motor fibers. |
Afferent nerves or fibers are found only in the _____ nervous system. | Sensory and autonomic nervous systems. |
The olfactory tract carries impulses associated with? | Smell. |
The sequence of auditory ossicles in the middle ear starting at the tympanic membrane and ending at the oval window is? | The malleus, incus, and stapes. |
If you slammed your finger in a car door, it would stimulate _____ pain fibers. | Acute pain fibers. |
Neutrophils are highly mobile and phagocytic. They migrate out of blood vessels and into tissue spaces. This process is called? | Diapedesis. |
The mechanisms of which three hormones work together to regulate blood volume? | Aldosterone, ANH, and ADH. |
Which are the two baroreceptors that are located near the heart? | The two baroreceptors are the aortic baroreceptors and carotid baroreceptors. |
Antibodies are proteins of the family called? | Immunoglobulins. |
Which organ has several functions, including defense, hematopoiesis, red blood cell and platelet destruction, and blood reservoir? | The spleen. |
The lymphatic system serves various functions in the body. The two most important functions of this system are? | Fluid balance and immunity. |
During inspiration, the expansion of the lungs causes? | A a decrease in alveolar pressure. |
Which of the following constitutes total lung volume? | The residual volume and vital capacity. |
Excessive fluid in the pleural cavity would be most likely to cause? | A decreased vital capacity. |