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Study Guide 2
week 13 Assignment
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| BIPOLAR NEURONS | HAVE ONLY ONE AXON AND ALSO ONLY ONE HIGHLY BRANCHED DENDRITE |
| ORIGINS | IS THE POINT OF ATTACHMENT THAT DOES NOT MOVE WHEN THE MUSCLE CONTRACTS. |
| LATERAL CORTICOSPINAL TRACTS | VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT CONTRACTION OF INDIVIDUAL OR SMALL GROUPS OF MUSCLES PARTICULARY THOSE MOVING HANDS FINGERS, FEET AND TOES OPPOSITE SIDE OF BODY AND TERMINATE IN THE SPINAL CORD |
| ADAPTATION | REFERS TO THE PROCESS BY WHICH THE MAGNITUDE OF THE POTENTIAL DECREASES OVER TIME IN RESPONSE TO A CONTINOUS STIMULUS |
| MECHANORECEPTORS | ACTIVATED BY MECHANICAL STIMULI THAT IN RESPONSE TO A CONTINOUS STIMULI |
| THYRIOD-STIMULATING HORMONE | PROMOTES AND MAINTAINS THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF ITS TARGET GLAND THE THYROID. TSH ALSO CAUSES THE THYROID GLAND TO SECRETE THROID HORMONE. |
| ERYTHROBLASTOSIS FETALIS | A HEMOLYTIC CONDITON CAUSED BY THE MOTHERS RH ANTIBODIES REACTING WITH THE BABIES RH POSITIVE CELLS |
| EOSINOPHILS | CONTAINS CYTOPLASMIC GRANULES THAT ARE LARGE AND NUMEROUS AND STAIN ORANGE WITH ACID DYES SUCH AS EOSIN |
| PALATINE TONSILS | ARE LOCATED ON EACH SIDE OF THE THROAT |
| RESPIRATORY MEMBRANE | THE BARRIER ACROSS WHICH GASES ARE EXCHANGED BETWEEN ALVEOLAR AIR AND BLOOD |