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Anatomy Study Stack
Week 13 Study Stack Assignment
| The covering of individual muscle fibers is the: | endomysium |
| The sternocleidomastoid muscle is an example of a muscle named for its: | points of attachment |
| Neurons in the CNS have less chance of regenerating for all of the following reasons except: | microglia lay down scar tissue. astrocytes fill in the path of regrowth. there is no neurolemma in cells of the CNS. |
| The nervous system is organized to do which of the following? | Evaluate changes in the environment. Detect changes in the internal environment. Detect changes in the external environment. |
| Which of the following is a correct statement about the nervous system? | There are 5 lumbar nerve pairs. There are 11 thoracic nerve pairs. There are 5 cervical nerve pairs. |
| The peripheral nervous system includes: | only cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and their branches. |
| Endocrine gland of the thorax that is also important in immune function. | thymus gland |
| Pyramid-shaped gland consisting of neural crest-derived cells and endocrine secretory cells. | adrenal gland |
| Atria are often called _____ because they receive blood from vessels called veins. | receiving chambers |
| During fetal circulation, what opening in the septum, between the right and left atria, directs most of the blood so that it bypasses the fetal lungs? | foramen ovale |