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SET 2 PHYSIO

study stack set 2 weeks 7-13

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ACTION POTENTIAL RAPID, TEMPORARY CHANGE IN A CELL'S MEMBRANE POTENTIAL THAT TRAVELS ALONG THE MEMBRANE OF A NEURON , ALLOWING IT TO SEND ELECTRICAL SIGNALS
MIXED NERVE NERVE THAT CONTAINS BOTH SENSORY AND MOTOR FIBERS
BABINSKI SIGN ABNORMAL REFLEX RESPONSE, WHEN YOU STROKE THE SOLE OF THEIR FOOT IT WILL CAUSE THE BIG TOE TO EXTEND UPWARD AND THE OTHER TOES TO FAN OUT, NORMAL IN INFANTS UP TO 1 YEARS OLD BUT IN OLDER CHILDREN INDICATES DAMAGE TO CORTICOSPINAL TRACT
ADRENERGIC RELATED TO SYMPATHETIC SYSTEM, ANYTHING INVOLVING OR ACTIVATED BY EPINEPHRINE/NOREPINEPHRINE
CHOLINERGIC RELATED TO PARASYMPATHETIC SYSTEM, ANYTHING INVOLVING OR ACTIVATED BY ACETYLCHOLINE
INTEROCEPTOR SENSORY RECEPTOR THAT DETECTS STIMULI FROM WITHIN THE BODY, MONITOR INTERNAL CONDITIONS TO HELP MAINTAIN HOMEOSTASIS
NOREPINEPHRINE NEUROTRANSMITTER & HORMONE INVOLVED IN FIGHT/FLIGHT, INCREASES ALERTNESS, RAISES HEART RATE, BLOOD PRESSURE, AND BLOOD FLOW, BINDS TO ADRENERGIC RECEPTORS
MECHANORECEPTOR SENSORY RECEPTOR THAT RESPONDS TO MECHANICAL STIMULI SUCH AS TOUCH, PRESSURE, VIBRATION, STRETCH, OR SOUND WAVES
ADENOHYPOPHYSIS ANTERIOR LOBE OF THE PITUITARY GLAND, PRODUCES GH, PRL, TSH, ACTH, FSH, LH HORMONES
ANTIGEN ANY SUBSTANCE THE IMMUNE SYSTEM RECOGNIZES AS FOREIGN, STIMULATE PRODUCTION OF ANTIBODIES OR ACTIVATE IMMUNE RESPONSE
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