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Topic 10 - Neurobiology

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Smooth Muscle blood vessels, gap junctions, coordinate activity (involuntary)
Cardiac Muscle gap junctions coordinate heart contraction (involuntary)
Skeletal Muscle a twisted chain of actin movements
Myosin Filaments bundles of many myosin molecules
Muscle Contraction activation of tension-generating sites withing the muscle fibers
Sliding Filament Theory actin slides past myosin, shortening the muscle fiber without shortening the filament
Neuromuscular Junction gap between neuron and muscle
Biological Rhythm cycle in the physiological process of living beings
Pineal Gland melatonin release, receives signal from the SCN and increases the production of melatonin
Hypothalamus contains groups of nerve cells that act as control centers affecting sleep ad arousal
Suprachiasmatic Nucleus small region in hypothalamus that controls the body's circadian rhythms
Sleep suspension of normal consciousness
NREM Sleep 4 stages where the body repairs/regenerates tissue, strengthens immune system, etc
REM Sleep sleep stage marked by physiological changes (increased brain activity, eye movement)
Brain Stem communicates with the hypothalamus to control the transitions between wake and sleep
Thalamus relays information from the senses to the brain
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