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 2 | P a g e One of the functions of the CNS is to send ____ commands to the ____ : motor, PNS The signals the CNS sends out produces____. : movemen

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

5 special senses - answer-olfaction, taste, vision, hearing, equilibrium and balance where is the olfactory pathway located? - answer-on the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex what is the pathway of odor the olfactory cortex? - answer-odor goes to the olfactory receptors, pass through cribriform plate of ethmoid bone, CN I synapses on neurons in olfactory bulbs, whose axons form olfactory tract, and then goes to the olfactory cortex gustatory (definition) - answer-taste Where are t...

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

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...

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

Frontal Bone : - bone that forms the forehead - superior to the eyes - most anterior bone on the skull supraorbital notch : - notch in the ridge of the eye socket 2 Parietal Bone : - the most superior portion of the skull - found on either side of the skull 3 Occipital Bone : - the most dorsal and inferior portion of the skull - back of head 4 Foramen Magnum : - large hole located in the inferior portion of the skull - where spinal chord articulates with the brai