Brains and bodies - Samenvattingen, Aantekeningen en Examens

GED Test 740 Questions with Verified Answers "WOW! Mom rides a kayak at noon." How are the underlined words alike? - CORRECT ANSWER They are palindromes Who was the author of Common Sense: Thomas Paine or Thomas Jefferson? - CORRECT ANSWER Thomas Paine What is NOT a real shark: hammerhead, shovelhead, or tigerhead? - CORRECT ANSWER tigerhead What is the force that slows down an object or stops its motion? - CORRECT ANSWER friction Which is greater than 90 degrees: an acute angle o...

Which term describes the study of the function of components of the body? - Answer-Physiology Which type of tissue produces chemicals and fluid that digests food in the stomach? - Answer-Epithelial Which layer of serous membrane lines the walls of cavities? - Answer-Parietal Which of the following is the anatomical name for the neck area? - Answer-Cervical Eight chemical elements constitute 3.6 percent of total body mass. What are these chemical elements called? - Answer-Lesser chemical ele...

68W EMT MOD 4 COMPLETE STUDY GUIDE What habit causes the overwhelming majority of cases of COPD? [Ans: - Cigarette smoking What happens in Chronic Bronchitis? [Ans: - Bronchiole lining is inflammed and excess mucus is formed. The cilia on the cells are damaged/destroyed What happens in Emphysema? [Ans: - Walls of the alveoli break down, greatly reducing the surface area for respiratory exchange and the lungs begin to lose elasticity. This causes stale air with carbon dioxide to be trapped...

TEST BANK for Introduction to Psychology by Stangor Charles. ISBN13 5755. TABLE OF CONTENTS: Chapter 1 Introducing Psychology Chapter 2 Psychological Science Chapter 3 Brains, Bodies, a nd Behavior Chapter 4 Sensing and Perceiving Chapter 5 States of Consciousness Chapter 6 Growing and Developing Chapter 7 Learning Chapter 8 Remembering and Judging Chapter 9 Intelligence and Language Chapter 10 Emotions and Motivations Chapter 11 Psychology in Our Social Lives Chapter 12 Personality Chapter 13 D...

ANT100 EVO UOFT QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ALREADY PASSED Primate lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and Great Apes ( humans) have: nails, short snout, large brain. What are the 2 suborders of primates? Strepsirhini and Haplorhini Strepsirhini traits - primate suborder -wet nosed -dental tooth comb - unfused synapses (forehead) -tapetum lucidum (reflective eyes) - retain Eocene features (primitive) Haplorhini traits -primate suborder -dry nose ...

Primate lemurs, lorises, tarsiers, New World monkeys, Old World monkeys, and Great Apes ( humans) have: nails, short snout, large brain. What are the 2 suborders of primates? Strepsirhini and Haplorhini Strepsirhini traits - primate suborder -wet nosed -dental tooth comb - unfused synapses (forehead) -tapetum lucidum (reflective eyes) - retain Eocene features (primitive) Haplorhini traits -primate suborder -dry nose-fused forehead -postorbital closure Infraorder(s) or Strepsirhini L...

Abscess - Answer-An abscess is an infection under the skin. It looks lika blister or pimple filled with fluid or pus. If needles are inserted into or near an abscess, infection of a dialysis access or other tissues may occur. Access - Answer-An access -vascular access- is a route into the bloodstream that allows enough blood flow for hemodialysis. For permanent access, a surgeon connects a vein to an artery. This can be done directly - fistula- or with a piece of synthetic tubing - graft. ...

Central Nervous System - correct answers brain and spinal cord Rostral - correct answers toward forehead Caudal - correct answers Toward cord longitudinal fissure - correct answers divides cerebral hemispheres Gyri - correct answers folds Sulci - correct answers grooves cortex - correct answers surface layer of gray matter Nuclei (in brain) - correct answers deeper masses of gray matter ("mini brains" cluster of cell bodies) tracts - correct answers bundles of axons (w...

PSYCH 101 Exam 2 Latest Version Already Passed sensation the way that our bodies sense stimuli perception how our brains process the stimuli sensed by our body top-down processing information processing guided by a higher-level mental processes bottom-up processing analysis that begins with the sensory receptors absolute threshold the minimum stimulation necessary for detection 50% of the time difference threshold the minimum difference a person can detect between any two st...

What is trephination or trepanning, why is it done? What do we know about the 'theory' cultures used to justify trepanning? correct answers - Trephination is cresting holes in the skull to reduce brain swelling. - First forms of neuro surgery... but was it used for medical reasons or for 'magical reasons', like letting the bad spirits out 2. What were the two theories about the structure where behavior originates? What theory was held by Hippocrates? Aristotle? Explain their argumentatio...

CHAPTER 3 NEUROSCIENCE CHAPTER LEARNING OBJECTIVES 1. Understand the key methods that scientists use to learn about brain anatomy and functioning. • Neuroscientists examine autopsy tissue and patients with localized brain damage to learn about brain anatomy and brain function. • EEGs and neuroimaging, such as PET scans and fMRI, allow scientists to study brain function in the living brain. 2. Describe the two major types of cells in the nervous system and describe the prima...