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Loren Richmond
Physiology weeks 7-13 Study stack 2
Question | Answer |
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In comparison with the nervous system, the regulatory effects of the endocrine system are: | slow to appear but long-lasting. |
If you slammed your finger in a car door, it would stimulate _____ pain fibers. | Acute |
Starling’s law of the heart states that, within limits, the longer, or more stretched, the heart fibers are at the beginning of the contraction, the | stronger the contraction. |
During pregnancy, what happens to the oxygenated blood returned from the placenta via the umbilical vein? | It flows into the ductus venosus. |
The ingestion and destruction of microorganisms or other small particles is called | phagocytosis |
The presentation of an antigen by an antigen-presenting cell activates the T cell. The cell then divides repeatedly to form a clone of identical sensitized T cells that form | effector T cells and memory cells. |
Which of the following is not a regulated process associated with the functioning of the respiratory system? | Control of cell metabolism rate |
The sodium cotransport or coupled transport acts to transport sodium ions and glucose molecules _____ the GI lumen. | actively out of |
Sympathetic responses generally have widespread effects on the body because: | preganglionic fibers synapse with several postsynaptic fibers. |
Impulses sent over which of the following tracts could result in voluntary movement, especially of the hands, fingers, feet, and toes of the opposite side? | Lateral corticospinal |