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NERVOUS AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEM Flashcards

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WHERE DO NEURONS RECEIVE INFO?

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DENDRITES

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WHERE DO NEURONS SEND INFO?

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SOMA

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WHERE DO NEURONS SEND IMPULSES?

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AXON

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`WHAT ARE AXONS COMPOSED OF?

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MYELIN SHEATH

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE MYELIN SHEATH AND WHAT KIND OF CELLS PRODUCE THEM?

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INCREASE SIGNAL SPEED; MADE SCHWANN CELLS

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WHAT IS SALTATORY CONDUCTION?

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SIGNAL JUMPING FROM NODE TO NODE; OCCURS IN THE NODES OF RANVIER

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WHAT IS RESTING MEMBRANE POTENTIAL?

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-70mV; ESTABLISHES NEGATIVE CHARGE WITHIN INTERIOR OF THE CELL CAUSING THE CELL TO BE POLARIZED

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WHAT ARE GLIAL CELLS?

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SPECIALIZED, NON-NEURONAL CELLS THAT PROVIDES STRUCTURAL AND METABOLIC SUPPORT TO NEURONS; DOESNT GENERATE ACTION POTENTIALS

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SCHWANN CELL FUNCTION AND NERVOUS SYSTEM TYPE?

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PNS; FORMS MYELIN AND INC ACTION POTENTIALS SPEED

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OLIGODENDROCYTES FUNCTION AND NERVOUS SYSTEM TYPE?

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CNS; FORMS MYELIN AND INC ACTION POTENTIALS SPEED

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ASTROCYTES FUNCTION AND NERVOUS SYSTEM TYPE?

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CNS; GUIDE NEURONAL DEVELOPMENT; REGULATES SYNAPTIC COMMUNICATION VIA REGULATION OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS

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MICROGLIA FUNCTION AND NERVOUS SYSTEM TYPE?

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CNS; REMOVE DEAD CELLS AND DEBRI

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EPENDYMAL CELLS FUNCTION AND NERVOUS SYSTEM TYPE?

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CNS: PRODUCE AND CIRCULATE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

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WHAT IS AN EXCITATORY POST-SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL?

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OPEN CHANNELS; DEPOLARIZING THE POST-SYNAPTIC MEMBRANE ( - TO + )

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WHAT IS AN INHIBITORY POST-SYNAPTIC POTENTIAL?

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POSTSYNAPTIC MEMBRANE IS MORE (-) THAN RESTING POTENTIAL ( + TO - )

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WHAT IS SUMMATION?

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DECISION BY POSTSYNAPTIC NEURONS WHETHER TO FIRE AN ACTION POTENTIAL IS DETERMINED BY ADDING THE EFFECTS OF ALL SYNAPSES INVOLVED

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WHAT IS SPATIAL SUMMATION?

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IPSP AND EPSP SUMMED AT GIVEN MOMENT

EX: 3 POSITIVE CHARGES + 2 NEGATIVE CHARGES = OVERALL POSITIVE CHARGE

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WHAT IS TEMPORAL SUMMATION?

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PRESYNAPTIC FIRES ACTION POTENTIAL SO RAPIDLY THAT EPSP AND IPSP PILE ON TOP OF EACH OTHER

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WHAT IS THE CNS MADE UP OF?

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BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD; SENSORY FUNCTION

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WHAT IS THE PNS MADE UP OF AND FUNCTION?

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NERVES AND SENSORY STRUCTURES OUTSIDE OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD; INTEGRATIVE CENTER

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WHAT ARE THE 3 PARTS OF THE BRAIN ?

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HINDBRAIN, MIDBRAIN, FOREBRAIN

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WHAT IS THE MAKEUP OF THE BRAINSTEM?

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THE MIDBRAIN, MEDULLA, AND PONS

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE PONS?

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  • CONTROLS SOME AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONS AND COORDINATES MOVEMENT

- PLAYS A ROLE IN BALANCE AND ANTIGRAVITY PRESSURE

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE MEDULLA?

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RELAYS INFO BETWEEN OTHER BRAIN AREAS AND REGULATES VITAL AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONS (BP; VOMITING)

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WHAT MAKES UP THE HINDBRAIN?

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CEREBELLUM, MEDULLA, AND PONS

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE CEREBELLUM?

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INTEGRATING SYSTEM, HAND-EYE COORDINATION, RECEIVES INFO FROM THE INNER EAR

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE MIDBRAIN?

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RELAYS VISUAL AND AUDITORY STARTLE REFLEXES; CONTAINS THE RETICULAR ACTIVATING SYSTEM (RAS)
- RAS = AROUSAL AND WAKEFULNESS

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION AND MAKEUP OF THE LIMBIC SYSTEM?

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AMYGDALA AND THE HIPPOCAMPUS; EMOTION AND MEMORY

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WHAT IS MAKEUP OF THE FOREBRAIN?

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DICEPHALON AND TELEOCEPHALON

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WHAT IS THE MAKEUP OF THE DICEPHALON ?

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HYPOTHALAMUS, EPITHALAMUS, AND THALAMUS

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE THALAMUS?

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SENSORY RELAY CENTER; ALL SENSORY INFO COMES HERE FIRST

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE HYPOTHALAMUS?

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EMOTION & AUTONOMIC FUNCTION; HORMONE PRODUCTION AND RELEASE; MAINTAINS HOMEOSTASIS

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE EPITHALAMUS?

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AROUSAL; SLEEP/WAKE; CONTAINS PINEAL GLAND (MELATONIN)

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WHAT IS THE MAKEUP OF THE TELEOCEPHALON ?

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CEREBRUM AND CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE CEREBRUM?

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LARGEST BRAIN REGION CONTAINING THE LEFT AND RIGHT HEMISPHERES

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES?

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CONNECTED BY CORPUS COLLASUM; LEFT=SPEECH; RIGHT=VISUAL-SPATIAL, REASONING, AND MUSIC

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WHAT IS WHITE MATTER?

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MYELINATED AXONS IN BOTH THE CNS AND PNS

38
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TRACT

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WHITE MATTER IN THE BRAIN

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COLUMN

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WHITE MATTER IN THE SPINAL CORD

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NERVE

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WHITE MATTER IN THE SPINAL PNS

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WHAT IS GREY MATTER?

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UNMYELINATED AXONS IN BOTH THE CNS AND PNS

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NUCLEUS

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GREY MATTER IN THE DEEP BRAIN

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CORTEX

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GREY MATTER ON THE BRAIN SURFACE

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HORN

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GREY MATTER IN SPINAL CORD

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GANGLION

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GREY MATTER IN THE PNS

46
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FRONTAL LOBE FUNCTION

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VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT AND PROBLEM SOLVING

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PARIETAL LOBE FUNCTION

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GENERAL SENSATIONS; GUSTATION

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TEMPORAL LOBE FUNCTION

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PROCESS AUDITORY AND OLFACTORY SENSATIONS; SHORT-TERM MEMORY

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OCCIPITAL LOBE FUNCTION

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VISUAL SENSATION AND PROCESSING

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE SOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM?

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VOLUNTARY MOVEMENT; Ach Only

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM?

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INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT

52
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WHAT MAKES UP THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM?

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PARASYMPATHETIC AND SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

- PRE-> POST-> ORGAN

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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM?

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REST AND DIGEST

  • REDUCE HR, RESPIRATION RATE, AND BP
  • INC BLOOD FLOW; VESSELS WOULD DILATE
  • ACH AT ORGAN
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WHAT IS THE FUNCTION OF THE SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM?

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FRIGHT, FLIGHT, FLIGHT, SEX

  • INC BODY ACTIVITY
  • INC HR, RESPIRATION RATE, AND BP
  • STIMULATES ADRENAL MEDULLA TO RELEASE EPINEPHRINE (ADRENALINE; PEPTIDE HORMONE) INTO BLOOD TO ENHANCE SYMPATHETIC EFFECTS
55
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WHAT IS THE IRIS?

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THE COLORED PART OF THE EYE

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WHAT IS THE LENS?

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FOCUSES LIGHT ON THE RETINA

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WHAT IS THE CORNEA?

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EXTERNAL, TRANSPARENT LAYER OF THE EYE

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WHAT IS THE CILIARY MUSCLE?

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FOCUES LIGHT ON THE RETINA

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WHAT IS THE PUPIL?

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OPENING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE EYE

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WHAT IS THE FORVEA CENTRALIS?

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EXTREME VISUAL ACUITY

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WHAT IS THE RETINA?

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CONTAINS ROD AND CONE CELLS TO DETECT LIGHT

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WHAT IS THE OPTIC DISK?

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BLINDSPOT FORMED BY NO PHOTORECEPTORS AND RETINA AXCON

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WHAT ARE CONE CELLS AND THEIR FUNCTION?

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HIGH INTENSITY OF LIGHT, COLOR VISION, HIGHER ABS. THRESHOLD, MORE CONCENTRATED IN FORVEA

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WHAT ARE ROD CELLS AND THEIR FUNCTION?

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LOWER LIGHT INTENSITY, DIM LIGHT, WHITE AND BLACK VISION

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WHAT HAPPENS IN THE EYES WHEN THE LIGHT IS OFF?

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CELLS RELEASE GLUTAMATE NEUROTRANSMITTER (Na+ GATES OPEN)

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WHAT HAPPENS IN THE EYES WHEN THE LIGHT IS ON?

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GLUTAMATE NEUROTRANSMITTER STOP RELEASE (Na+ GATES CLOSE)

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WHAT IS EMMETROPIA?

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NORMAL VISION

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WHAT IS MYOPIA?

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NEARSIGHTEDNESS; LIGHT FOCUSED IN FRONT OF THE RETINA; CAN BE FIXED WITH CONCAVE LENSES

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WHAT IS HYPEROPIA?

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FARSIGHTEDNESS; LIGHT FOCUSED BEHIND THE RETINA; CAN BE FIXED WITH CONVEX LENSES

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STEPS OF HEARING, START TO FINISH?

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PINNA DIRECTS SOUND INTO THE CANAL -> TYMPANIC MEM -> MALLEUS -> INVUS -> STAPES -> SEMICIRCULAR CANALS -> COCHLEA ->

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WHAT IS PITCH?

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FREQUENCY OF SOUND

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WHAT DOES A HIGH FREQUENCY INDICATE?

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NEAR THE OVAL WINDOW

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WHAT DOES A LOW FREQUENCY INDICATE?

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AWAY FROM THE OVAL WINDOW

74
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WHAT DOES A LOUD SOUND INDICATE?

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HIGHER AMPLITUDE

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WHAT DOES A QUIET SOUND INDICATE?

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SHORTER AMPLITUDE

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WHAT IS AUTOCRINE ACTIVITY?

A

SOME SIGNALING MOLECULES MODIFY ACTIVITY OF THE CELL THAT SECRETED THEM

77
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WHAT KINDS OF HORMONES ARE HYDROPHOBIC?

A

PEPTIDES AND AA DERIVATIVES

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WHAT KINDS OF HORMONES ARE HYDROPHILIC?

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WHERE ARE PEPTIDE HORMONES TRANSCRIBED AND TRANSLATED?

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NUCLEUS AND THEN RER, STORED IN VESICLES AND THEN EXOCYTOSED WHEN NEEDED

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HOW DO PEPTIDE HORMONES ENTER THE BLOOD STREAM?

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USES cAMP 2nd MESSENGER

81
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WHAT IS THE KEY FEATURE OF THE PEPTIDE HORMONE?

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SIGNAL AMPLIFICATION

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HOW DO STEROID HORMONES ENTER THE BLOOD STREAM?

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CAN FREELY DIFFUSE THRU CELL MEMBRANE TO ITS RECEPTOR IN THE CYTOPLASM -> BIND TO ITS LIGAND -> STEROID-HORMONE COMPLEX TRANSPORTED TO THE NUCLEUS -> SPECIFIC TO SEQUENCE REGULATOR OF TRANSCRIPTION

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WHERE ARE PEPTIDE HORMONES TRANSCRIBED AND TRANSLATED?

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NUCLEUS AND THEN SER

84
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HOW DOES CALCITONIN PERFORM - FEEDBACK IN THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM?

A

CALCITONIN PREVENTS Ca2+ FROM PEAKING ABOVE NORMAL LEVELS

85
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WHAT ARE TROPIC HORMONES?

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HORMONES REGULATING OTHER HORMONES

86
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EXAMPLE AND MECHANISM OF A TROPIC HORMONE?

A

ACTH SECRETED BY THE ANTERIOR PITUITARY

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HOW DOES THE HYPOTHALAMUS SECRETE CRH?

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THE HYPO SECRETES CRH -> WHICH INCREASES THE SECRETION OF ACTH-> CORTISOL INHIBITS CRH

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