Chapter 10-12: Nervous System & Special Senses 1. Masses of myelinated nerve fibers appear a. white. b. gray. c. brown. d. transparent. Answer: A 2. Which of the following lists the parts of a reflex arc in the correct sequence? a. receptor‚ sensory neuron‚ motor neuron‚ interneuron‚ effector b. effector‚ receptor‚ sensory neuron‚ motor neuron‚ interneuron c. effector‚ sensory neuron‚ receptor‚ interneuron‚ motor neuron d. receptor‚ sensory neuron‚ interneuron‚ motor neuron‚ effector
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the cost of the beneficial drugs that are known to be helpful. Branching of the economics are benefit‚ effectiveness‚ minimization‚ illness and cost utility that are used for the products and treatments strategies to be used to find the different system of health in economics that are used to design and access resources.
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When a person ages their body goes through many changes‚ physical things such as the persons respiratory‚ cardiovascular‚ nervous‚ muscular-skeletal‚ endocrine system and the persons skin are affected. An ageing person will also experience changes psychologically‚ things such as the risk of mental illness increases with age. And physically‚ for example decreased eyesight and hearing abilities. Some of the physical effects of ageing in an individual can be loss of fat‚ due to the breakdown of their
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ingredient in all of the cans is water‚ either carbonated or not. All of the cans have taurine‚ which is a non-essential amino acid‚ which supposedly increases reaction time. Another main ingredient in all of the drinks is caffeine‚ which is a Central Nervous System Stimulant‚ and may increase productivity. 2. The psychological role of each of these drinks is supposedly to give you energy‚ but I think it is all a placebo effect. 3. The ingredients that provide energy are Fructose‚ Glucose‚ Glucuronolactone
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Chapter 2: Neurons and Glia 1. Introduction * Although there are many neurons in the human brain (about 100 billion)‚ glia outnumbers neurons by tenfold. 1:10 ratio. * Neurons are the most important cells for the unique functions of the brain. * Neurons sense changes in the environment‚ communicate these changes to other neurons‚ and command the body’s responses to these situations. * Glia‚ or glial cells‚ are thought to contribute to brain function mainly by insulating‚
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Why psychology? know yourself figure other ppl out manipulate others Psychology – scientific study of behavior and mental processes Science that studies behavior and the physiological and cognitive processes that underlie it‚ and the profession that applies the accumulated knowledge of this science to practical problems Key ideas -science -behavior and internal processes -application -level of analysis Great debates in psychology * free will determinism To what extent do we
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Behterev‚ the term reflexology was found‚ yet still wasn’t widely used until the 1960’s. In the early 1900’s “Zone therapy” was discovered and its use in health care. Zone therapy came from building upon previous research by Sir Henry Head of the nervous system. Sir Henry Head had discovered that areas of skin which had increased sensitivity to pain (HyperAlgesia) have links to diseased internal organs. The nerves surrounding the organ and the skin were connected as they were from the same segment of
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Outline Spinal Cord‚ Spinal Nerves‚ Somatic Reflexes-Chapter 13 Reflexes- they are involuntary stereotyped responses to stimuli‚ they involve the brain‚ spinal cord‚ and peripheral nerves Spinal cord- cylinder nervous tissue that begins at the foramen magnum and passes through the vertebral canal as far as the inferior margin of the first lumbar vertebrae (L1)‚ 18 inches long and ½ inches wide Anterior Median Fissure- in the front‚ deeper Posterior Median Sulcus- in the back‚ shallow ▪Two Enlargements
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approaches. Of these six approaches I’ve found the neurobiological and socio-cultural approaches to be the most persuasive and believable for my personal views. The Neurobiological approach in psychology is defined as viewing behavior as the result of nervous system functions and biology. I believe strongest in the Neurobiological approach because the obvious physical changes and processes your body creates under specific conditions are regularly seen‚ in times of relaxation‚ fear or anything in between.
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physical types‚ phthisic habitus which is long and thin and apoplectic habitus‚ the short and thick. He suggested that men with the phthisic physique are particularity vulnerable to tuberculosis while apoplectics are proned to diseases of the vascular system; his classification was based on the disease men can acquired. In William Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Julius Caesar‚ he described Cassius as "lean and hungry” and Falstaff as “indolent and gluttonous”; his description showed that men can be categorized
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