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Perla Inzurriaga

Physiology2

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What is ACTION POTENTIAL? an electrical fluctuation that travels along the surface of a neuron’s plasma membrane
What are Neurotransmitters? Communication between neurons: synapses throughout the body, presynaptic neurons release neurotransmitters that act to facilitate, stimulate, or inhibit postsynaptic neurons and effector cells
Hematopoiesis The formation of new blood cells
The ABO system Blood types are named according to the antigens present agglutinogens on RBC membranes Types: A, B, AB, O
The RH System Rh-positive blood means that an Rh (or D) antigen is present on its RBCs. Rh-negative blood, on the other hand, is blood whose red cells have no Rh antigens present on them.
Blood Clotting Mechanism 1. The release of clotting factors from injured tissue and sticky platelets. 2. series of chemical reactions that end up in thrombin. 3. formation of fibrin in order to form a clot
Blood Clotting/Coagulation chemical reactions that take place in a definite and rapid sequence resulting in a net of fibers that traps RBCs
Thrombosis An abnormal formation of blood clots
Myelin Sheath fatty sheath surrounding nerve fibers, substance produced by Schwann cells
Motor Neuron nerve cell that transmits nerve impulses from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glandular epithelial tissues
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