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PHYS
Chap 7-13
Which is true of an action potential? | The outside of the plasma membrane is negatively charged, and the inside is positively charged. |
Which of the following statements about amino acid neurotransmitters is incorrect? | They are all inhibitory neurotransmitters. |
Within the nervous system, coding for the strength of a stimulus is accomplished through: | the frequency of nerve impulses. |
For a neurotransmitter to produce an inhibitory postsynaptic potential, which of the following channels must open? | Potassium and/or chloride channels |
The only ion(s) that can diffuse across a neuron’s membrane when the neuron is at rest is (are): | potassium. |
If the dorsal root ganglia of the spinal nerve were destroyed, a person would lose _____ related to that pathway. | sensory perception |
Which of the following is not a function of the hypothalamus? | Regulation of motor activity |
Normal infants will show the Babinski reflex up to the age of _____ years. | 1.5-2 |
If you slammed your finger in a car door, it would stimulate _____ pain fibers. | acute |
The receptors responsible for sensing crude and persistent touch are the: | Ruffini corpuscles. |
The olfactory tract carries impulses associated with: | smell. |
Blood volume per kilogram of body weight varies inversely with: | body fat. |
All of the following are components critical to coagulation except | none of the above; all of these components are critical to coagulation. |
The vagus is said to act as a “brake” on the heart. This situation is called | vagal inhibition. |
The body’s defense mechanisms can be organized into one of two major categories of immune mechanisms; these are | innate and adaptive immunity. |
The symbol HbNCOOH– is used for: | carbaminohemoglobin. |
Which is not a means of transporting oxygen in the blood? | Combined with the bicarbonate ion (HCO3–) |
Polysaccharides are hydrolyzed into disaccharides by enzymes known as: | amylase. |
Which blood vessel carries absorbed food from the GI tract to the liver? | Portal vein |
Which of the following is not true of enzymes? | They change chemically and are in the end products of the reaction. |