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Study stack set 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine are classified as? | catecholamines |
| The only ion(s) that can diffuse across a neuron’s membrane when the neuron is at rest is (are)? | potassium |
| What is the difference between a somatic reflex and an autonomic reflex? | A somatic reflex is caused by contraction of skeletal muscles, whereas an autonomic reflex consists of contraction of smooth or cardiac muscle or secretions of glands. |
| What is a mixed nerve? | it carries both sensory and motor fibers |
| Where are Visceroceptors located? | Internal organs |
| The receptors responsible for sensing crude and persistent touch are called what? | Ruffini corpuscles |
| During pregnancy, what happens to the oxygenated blood returned from the placenta via the umbilical vein? | It flows into the inferior vena cava |
| Erythrocytes begin their maturation sequence in red bone marrow from nucleated cells known as what? | hematopoietic stem cells |
| What are the functions of the lymph nodes? | defense and hematopoiesis |
| Which protein interferes with the ability of viruses to cause disease? | interferon |
| By the time the blood leaves the lung capillaries to return to the heart, what percentage of the blood’s hemoglobin has united with oxygen? | 97% |
| One hundred milliliters of arterial blood contains approximately what volume percent of oxygen? | 20% |
| What is the purpose of peristalsis? | To propel food forward along the GI tract |
| Which step of deglutition is under voluntary control? | Oral stage |