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Physiology 2
Assignment 2
Question | Answer |
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The reticular activating system maintains what? | Consciousness |
The effect of sympathetic stimulation on the urinary bladder is what? | Relaxation |
Blood vessels in both digestive organs and skeletal muscles are dilated by what? | Sympathetic stimulation |
Movement of hair cells in the organ of Corti against the _____ membrane can stimulate nerve impulse condition. | tectorial |
The production of thyroid hormone is stimulated by another hormone from the: | Anterior pituitary |
From which vessels do myocardial cells receive blood? | Coronary arteries |
The type of membranous tissue that lines the heart and blood vessels is the what? | Endothelium |
The chemoreceptors in the carotid bodies are particularly sensitive to what? | Hypercapnia |
During pregnancy, what happens to the oxygenated blood returned from the placenta via the umbilical vein? | It flows into the inferior vena cava. |
Which of the following is a powerful poison that acts directly on any cell and quickly kills it? | Lymphotoxin |
Oxygen enters blood from alveolar air because the partial pressure of alveolar air is what? | Greater than the partial pressure of incoming blood |
The final step in lipid transport by the intestines is the formation of what? | Chylomicrons |