Axia College Material Appendix C Brain Response of Behavior Part I Note: Parts II and III follow below, complete all three. Run Multimedias 2.3 and 2.4 o Go to the Web site www.prenhall.com/morris. o Click text: Psychology: An Introduction (12th ed.) o Click “2” on the select a chapter tool bar. o Click Live!Psych on the left hand menu. o Select 2.3 and 2.4. Write a 350- to 700-word response to the following: Explain the communication process of neurons
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ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I COURSE OUTLINE AHS 131 Professor: Kevin M. Costa Course Description: The study of cell structure and function, tissues, skeleton, muscular system, nervous system, and special senses. Required of all students in Physical Therapist Assistant, Surgical Technology, Medical Laboratory Technology, Respiratory Care, Nursing, Radiologic Technology and Radiation Therapy. (3 lecture, 3 laboratory hours). Required Text Book: Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology
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Chapter 5: The Skeletal System 1. List six functions of the skeleton. a. Support b. Movement c. Protection d. Storage of minerals e. Fat storage f. Blood cell production 2. Compare compact and spongy bone. Compact bone is dense bone with very few spaces and is covered by a nourishing membrane called the periosteum. Spongy bone is identified by its many spaces that are filled with red bone marrow, which produces red blood cells. 3. Describe the structure of a long
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Neurons are just like a system of electrical wirings installed in the body systems. Just like electrical wires, neurons are responsible for the conduction or transmission of all the information produced between the neurons and cells communication. From its name, it is obvious that neurons are excitable parts of the nervous system which assume very important functions. The brain is the central part that makes communication of the different body systems successful with the neurons ‘bridging’ the sending
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Gibson 8/29/11 6th period When people hear the word neurosurgery, the first thought that pops into their head is brain surgery. Indeed, neurosurgeons perform brain surgery, however they are also involved in operating on other parts of the nervous system. The brain is an integral and marvelous part of a human's personality and being. Neurosurgeons are more than just brain surgeons. They are well trained to help patients with head and spine trauma, cerebrovascular disorders, such as aneurysms
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If you do it you never imagine the serious consequences that it would bring to your life. My Psychology class helped me to understand and think better about the damage of drugs, and how affect our central nervous system. Tobacco is a psychoactive drug with chemicals that affect our nervous system and, as a result, may alter consciousness and awareness, influence how we sense and perceive things, and modify our moods, feelings, emotions, and thoughts. In our days is very common to see people smoking;
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glucose levels may fall for any reasons and the bodies way of coping with this is to produce liver glycogen which is converted into glucose in order to bring the energy levels in cells back up to the range which it should be within. Our brain and nervous system are involved in negative feedback and play vital roles in controlling the homeostatic mechanisms within our bodies and they also allow us to have a reasonable judgement at when our key variables may rise. An example would be when we have not eaten
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cause of this disorder, for example, witchcraft, had to do with the uterus until men were found to have the same condition, the person is a hypochondriac, and demons were entering the body. In the eighteenth century panic disorder was known as the “nervous illness." Today we know that panic attacks are a sudden urge of overwhelming fear and anxiety. There are many myths that surround panic attacks such as it is all in one’s head, it is not a real illness, make one face the fear head on, a sign that
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muscles together based on action (ex: flexor muscles, extensor muscles) -Muscles of the neck Sternocleidomastoid Trapezius Infrahyoid muscles Suprhyoid muscles Halicus: big toe Pollicus: thumb (palm of your hand) Nervous System -Axon: away -Dendrite: towards Myelination: speeds up the conduction and heals nerve -CNS: oligodendrocytes -PNS: Schwann cells (neurolemmocytes) -Astrocytes: star-shaped, most abundant (wrapped around capillaries) -Synapse: where
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the long way. The amygdala is important for fear because it release key neural transmitter through your body. Neural transmitter are chemicals in the body that the nerve cells in the brain called neurons us to communicate with each other in the nervous system. The most important neural transmitter in the fear response in called
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