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Nervous System
This category is for questions about the mechanical and chemical process of reactions to internal and external stimuli, ranging from the brain down to the spinal cord, and all nerves, cells and tissues in between.
3,047 Questions
Reuptake - process by which neurotransmitters are taken back into the synaptic vesicles.
What 3 structures are only innervated by the sympathetic nervous system?
The structures that are only innervated by the sympathetic nervous system include the sweat glands, arrector pili muscles (responsible for piloerection or goosebumps), and the adrenal medulla (part of the adrenal gland that releases hormones like adrenaline).
What are the cells involved in most nervous system tumors?
the cells involved in most nervous system tumors are called
The nervous system is the electrochemical system in the body that serves as the body control center and communications electrical-chemical wiring network. The brain processes sensory information, stores information about past experiences, and executes actions based those processed sensations and/or memories.
What describes a link between the nervous and excretory systems?
nerves detect changes to salt levels in the blood
Sleep and weightloss are they important?
When you wake up first thing tomorrow morning….
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Impulses that are carried to the heart by means of the vagus nerve are?
Parasympathetic impulses and cause the heart rate to decrease.
How many membranes protect the brain?
The three membranes that protect the brain (meninges) are:
1) dura mater
2) arachnoid
3) pia mater
What part of the brain controls hearing?
The Primary Auditory Cortex is responsible for hearing and it is located in the superior aspect of the temporal lobe and performs the basics of hearing; pitch and volume.
What does it mean when your bottom lip twitches?
you and someone are going to argue or you are going to cuss somebody behind out good and proper.
*Old jamaican saying*
Its true
Describe the pathways that the nerve impulses take one suffers a burned finger and reacts to it.?
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What type of regulation results from the activites of the endocrine and the nervous system?
Extrinsic regulation
How does the facial glossopharyngeal and vagus nerves work with taste?
The facial from the anterior two-thirds, the glossopharyngeal from the posterior third, and the vagus from the base of thetongue.
They send these information to a nucleus in the medulla (in brain stem), called"tractus solitarias".
What will happen if one part of the system fail to carry out their corresponding function?
That part will not function. It depends on the system how bad the nonfunctional part will affect it. For example it could stop the heart.
