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Charlita Harris
Physiology Week 14
| falx cerebelli | sickle-shaped extension that separates the two halves, or hemispheres, of the cerebellum |
| The membrane potential maintained by a nonconducting neuron’s plasma membrane is called | the resting membrane potential |
| Choroid plexuses | are networks of capillaries that project from the pia mater into the lateral ventricles and into the roofs of the third and fourth ventricles. |
| Each skin surface area supplied by sensory fibers of a given spinal nerve is called | dermatome, |
| Some postganglionic axons return to a spinal nerve by way of a short branch called | the gray ramus |
| sensations are also commonly diminished or lost over time in diabetics because of nerve damage called | diabetic neuropathy |
| Olfaction | is our sense of smell. |
| The watery fluid portion of blood is the extracellular matrix of blood tissue, a type of connective tissue | plasma |
| The amount that the CO can increase above the resting value is called | cardiac reserve. |
| Antibodies are proteins of the family called | immunoglobulin |