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Viviana Salas
Physiology week 14
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acetylcholine is in the same class of neurotransmitters as | Serotonin |
| Severe depression can be caused by a deficit in certain brain synapses of | Amines |
| Which neuron could transmit a nerve impulse the fastest? | A large diameter neuron with myelin |
| Dopamine, epinephrine, and norepinephrine are classified as | Catecholamines |
| A synaptic knob would be located on a | Axon |
| Tongue movement is controlled by which cranial nerve? | Hypoglossal |
| The limbic system integrates | Emotion |
| The reticular activating system maintains | Consciousness |
| The most numerous cerebral tracts are the | Association tracks |
| The two main types of adrenergic receptors are | Alpha and Beta |
| Which of the following is a function of glucagon? | Tends to increase blood glucose concentrations |
| The major hormone produced by the corpus luteum is | Progesterone |
| Visceroceptors are located in which of the following? | Internal organs |
| The olfactory tract carries impulses associated with: | Smell |
| A glycoprotein hormone that is secreted to increase oxygen concentration in the tissues is | Erythropoietin |
| A decrease in the amount of white blood cells is called | Leukopenia |
| The physiological mechanism that dissolves clots is known as | Fibrinolysis |
| The term blood type refers to the type of blood cell | Antigen |
| The normal cardiac impulse that initiates mechanical contraction of the heart arises in the | SA node |
| The internal iliac artery supplies blood to the | Pelvis |
| Which protein interferes with the ability of viruses to cause disease? | interferon |
| The function of which antibody is basically unknown? | IgD |
| Which organ has several functions, including defense, hematopoiesis, red blood cell and platelet destruction, and blood reservoir? | Spleen |
| Memory cells | become plasma cells when exposed to an antigen |
| The exact amount of oxygen in blood depends mainly on the amount of | Hemoglobin |
| Which oxygen-binding protein helps move oxygen out of the blood and into muscle cells? | Myoglobin |
| More than two-thirds of the carbon dioxide carried by blood is carried in the form of | bicarbonate ions |
| Hyperpnea means an | increase in breathing |
| Gas exchange, the lungs’ main and vital function, takes place in the: | Alveoli |
| One hundred milliliters of arterial blood contain approximately what volume percent of oxygen? | 20% |
| The PCO2 in the atmosphere is | Less than in the alveolar air |
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