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Assignment 1 and 2
Human Anatomy
Question | Answer |
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The trachea, bronchial tree, and lungs make up the | Lower respiratory tract. |
An inflammation of the lower respiratory tract that involves the airways of the lungs is called | Pneumonia |
If you were to trace the movement of air through the nose into the pharynx, it would pass through the following structures in which order? | Anterior nares, vestibule, meatus, and posterior nares |
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. |
Which two factors promote the return of venous blood to the heart? | Blood-pumping action of respirations and skeletal muscle contractions |
A signal conduction route to and from the central nervous system is a(n) | Reflex arc. |
The somatic nervous system carries information to the | Skeletal muscles. |
The ________ of a presynaptic neuron associates with the dendrite of a postsynaptic neuron. | Axon terminal |
The efferent pathways of the autonomic nervous system can be divided into the __________ divisions. | Parasympathetic and sympathetic |
Which of the following is not a structural classification of neurons? | Polar |