Zool 2403 - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

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

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 2 | P a g e a. control blood H+ (hydrogen) and HCO3- (bicarbonate) levels -Pressure and Volume a. control blood fluid volume and therefore blood pressur

Anatomy - Describes the structure of the body. Sturcture - Structure determines function Atoms - -the smallest chemical units -ex. hydrogen (H), oxygen(O) Molecules - - groups of molecules working together -Ex. Mitochondria, sarcoplasmic reticulum Cells - Groups of organelles working together and surrounded by a cell membrane. Tissue - -group of cells working together to perform a SPECIFIC task. Microscopic Anatomy - Examines - Cells -Tissues Cytology- - Examines Cells Histology - Ex...

Frontal Bone Supra Orbital Foramen (notch) Parietal Bone Occipital Bone Foramen Magnum Jugular Foramen hypoglassal foramen Occipital Condyle

Frontal Planedivides the body into anterior and posterior sections Transverse (Horizontal) Planedivides the body into superior and inferior sections Saggital Planedivides the body into a right and left side sections Supinelying on the back, face up Pronelying on the stomach, face down Superiortoward the head end or upper part of a structure; above Inferiorfarther from the head or lowerpart of a structure; below Distalaway from the point of attachment

how is joint stability affected by range of movement? - Answer-joint stability decreases as mobility increases and vice versa what are the 3 functional classifications of joints? - Answer-immovable, slightly moveable, and synovial what are the 4 major components of a synovial joint? - Ains a cavity 2. surrounded by connective tissue capsule 3. inner surface of capsule is lined by a synovial membrane 4. articular surfaces covered with articular cartilage 4 accessory structures of synovial j...

5 cranial senses - correct answer olfaction, taste, vision, hearing and equilibrium Olfactory pathway - correct answer odor-olfactory receptors-olfactory nerves-olfactory bulbs-olfactory tracts-olfactory cortex Gustatory Pathway - correct answer Taste buds are on the dorsal surface of the tongue taste-receptors- cranial nerves-medulla-gustatory cortex 6 primary taste sensations - correct answer sweet salty bitter sour umami water Cranial Nerves - correct answer Facial nerve(CN...

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...