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Jessica Aydogan
SCI221- Physiology Week 7-13
Question | Answer |
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This functions to filter, warm and moisten the air | The upper respiratory system |
This functions to move air and exchange gases | The lower respiratory system |
Name the parts of the upper respiratory system | sinuses, nasal cavity, pharynx |
The lungs have a lot of what? They naturally do what? | 1. Elastic 2.Recoil |
Two divisions of the peripheral nervous system | somatic and autonomic |
What does the somatic nervous system control | vision, hearing, taste, and smell |
Two divisions of the autonomic nervous system | 1. sympathetic 2. parasympathetic |
How do action potentials begin? | by the movement of ions (such as sodium and potassium) |
Period from the beginning of one heartbeat to the beginning of the next | The cardiac cycle |
Period of ventricular contraction (atrium are filling) | systole |