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A&P 2 study set 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The brief period during which a local area of an axon's membrane resists restimulation | refractory period |
| Chemicals that allow neurons to communicate with one another | neurotransmitters |
| A membrane that exhibits a membrane potential is | polarized |
| The knee jerk can be classified as a segmental reflex because | impulses that mediate it enter and leave the same segment of the cord |
| A mixed nerve carries | both sensory and motor fibers |
| When the right cornea senses a tactile stimulus, what happens to the left eye? | blinks |
| The last step in the nonsteroid hormone mechanism of action is | protein kinases activate other enzymes |
| Dynamic equilibrium depends on the functioning of the | crista ampullaris |
| A decrease in the amount of white blood cells | leukopenia |
| Blood volume per kilogram of body weight varies inversely with | body fat |
| The ingestion and destruction of microorganisms or other small particles | phagocytosis |
| Memory cells | become plasma cells when exposed to an antigen |
| The approximate partial pressure of oxygen at standard atmospheric pressure is about | 160mm Hg |
| The Pco2 in the atmosphere is | less than in the alveolar air |
| The process of swallowing is known as | deglutition |
| The hormone that inhibits gastric muscle, slowing passage of food into the duodenum, is called | gastric inhibitory peptide |