Ttu zool 2403 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

What does the Central Nervous System include? : brain and spinal chord What does the Peripheral Nervous System include? : all nervous tissue outside the CNS One of the functions of the CNS is to interpret ____ information from the ____. : sensory, PNS The sensory information that comes in from the CNS is___. : Sensations One of the functions of the CNS is to send ____ commands to the ____ : motor, PNS 2 The signals the CNS sends out produces____. : movement The CNS processes and coo...

What does the Kidney do? : Produces Urine Functions of Kidney : 1. Excretion -removal of wastes from body fluids into urine 2. Regulation of Blood -Ions a. control blood Na+ (sodium), K+ (potassium), and Cl- (chloride) levels -ph a. control blood H+ (hydrogen) and HCO3- (bicarbonate) levels -Pressure and Volume 2 a. control blood fluid volume and therefore blood pressure What three processes do the Kidneys use to perform their functions? : -Filtration of water, ions, nutrients...

5 cranial senses : olfaction, taste, vision, hearing and equilibrium Olfactory pathway : odor-olfactory receptors-olfactory nerves-olfactory bulbs-olfactory tracts-olfactory cortex Gustatory Pathway : Taste buds are on the dorsal surface of the tongue taste-receptors- cranial nerves-medulla-gustatory cortex 6 primary taste sensations : sweet salty bitter 2 sour umami water Cranial Nerves : Facial nerve(CN VII)- anterior 2/3s on tongue Glossopharyngeal (CN IX)- posterior 1/3 o...

Root is to ____ as ganglion is to ___ : axons; cell bodies ventral is to ____ as dorsal is to _____ : motor; sensory white matter is to ____ as gray matter is to ____ : axons; cell bodies Spinal Meninges (three layers) : dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater Spinal Meninges functions : protect spinal cord and provide it with oxygen and nurtrients 2 where is CSF : in subarachnoid space (between arachnoid and pia mater) CSF provides spinal cord with: : physical and chemical protecti...