also featured in th phospholipid bilayers where they play a big part in diffusion etc. They are used as carrier to water soluble molecules‚ pumps wherby ATP is used to move water soluble molecules. Receptors are also proteins-these enable hormone and nerve transmittors to bind to specific cells‚ to the recognition sites as in enzymes. Glycoproteins act as receptors and recognition sites. Carrier proteins bind to a specific molecule‚ this inturn changes shape to get through the membrane surface to the
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thought‚ reason‚ emotion‚ and memory. III. Nervous System: 1. The nervous system of the human being is responsible for sending‚ receiving‚ and processing nerve impulses throughout the body. All the organs and muscles inside your body rely upon these nerve impulses to function. 2. The nervous system consists of two major divisions of nerves‚ 1. Central nervous system- which controls; the functions of the brain and spinal cord. 2. Peripheral nervous system- which controls all other neural elements
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Muscles are responsible for all conscious and unconscious movement. It is how we move and react to an environment. There are three types of muscles in the body include the skeletal muscle‚ smooth muscle‚ and the cardiac muscle. Whether you are running‚ walking‚ breathing‚ eating‚ sleeping‚ or typing it all involves some sort of muscle action. Muscle cells that shape‚ form‚ and outline the whole human skeleton is called a muscle fibers. There are two types of muscle fibers: Type I (slow-twitching
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neural impulses from other neurons and convey impulses toward the cell body 2. Axon: long tube like structure that conveys impulses away from the neurons cell body toward other neurons/muscles or glands 3. Cell Body: part of the neuron containing the cell nucleus as well as other structures that help the neuron carry out its functions; also known as the soma 4. Myelin Sheath:layer of fatty insulation wrapped around the axon of some neurons‚ which increases the rate at which nerve impulses
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environment or within that bring about the reaction eg: touching a hot plate. Response : The reaction of our body to these changes. eg. withdrawal of our hand How do we detect that we are touching a hot object? Receptors : Are specialised tips of some nerve cells that detect the information from the environment. Receptors are Sense Organs Inner Ear Photo receptors Eyes Skin Olfactory Receptor (Nose) Gustatory Receptor (Tongue) Hearing/ Balance of the body Visual Stimulus
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Yoga as a Complementary Therapy Yoga therapy is an ancient holistic system of recovery of the body. For proper functioning of the body‚ one needs to balance the operation of such systems as digestion and blood circulation‚ to establish the normal operation of the endocrine glands and the vestibular apparatus. In this case‚ the energy state of the tissues of the body depends on the good functioning of the nervous system. The practice of yoga is based on the use of asanas and pranayama. Asanas are
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surrounding learning‚ memory‚ perception‚ and thought. Though it is still a relatively new formal branch of psychology‚ its roots extend back to Descartes who sought a way to explain how the mind worked‚ proposing the analogy of a “hydraulic system of nerve function” (Willingham‚ 2007‚ p. 26) after he observed animated statues in Saint-Germain-en-Laye. It has been the restless pursuit of not only the idea of how the mind works but also what exactly constituted the mind that eventually led to the foundations
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Cells are the structural and functional units of all living organisms; each specialised to perform dedicated duties throughout their life span. All living organisms can be sorted into one of two groups depending on the fundamental structure of their cells. These two groups are the prokaryotes and the eukaryotes. A Prokaryote cell is the first form of cells for many millions of years until the eukaryote cell evolved from the prokaryote cell‚ which created life. Prokaryote cells are organisms made
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Learning and Development Critique The Modified Behaviorist Approach My modified behaviorist approach to my learning outcome is learning the effects on conditioning and cognition constructivism‚ assimilations‚ equilibration‚ and motivation. It help us understand the way we learn and evaluate our outcome of a theory. Cognition develops stage to stage adaptive modes of thinking and reasoning. It is a process concept to understanding evolution and cognition. For example‚ I have
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BP increases. If a stimulus causes BP (controlled condition) to rise‚ the following sequence of events occurs (Figure 1-3). The higher pressure is detected by baroreceptors‚ pressure-sensitive nerve cells located in the walls of certain blood vessels (the receptors). The baroreceptors send nerve impulses (input) to the brain (control center)‚
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