including muscular dystrophy‚ inflammation of muscles‚ pinched nerves‚ peripheral nerve damage (damage to nerves in the arms and legs)‚ amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)‚ myasthenia gravis‚ disc herniation‚ and others. Why is an EMG test done? An EMG is often performed when patients have unexplained muscle weakness. The EMG helps to distinguish between muscle conditions in which the problem begins in the muscle and muscle weakness due to nerve disorders. The EMG can also be used to detect true weakness
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Connective Epithelial‚ and muscular tissues. From Tissues to organs Cells combine to form tissues and tissues combine to form organs. Cells combine to form four primary tissues: - Epithelial tissue - Connective tissue - Muscle tissue - Nerve tissue BACKGROUND:A tissue is a group of cells that have a similar shape and function. Different types of tissues can be found in different organs. In humans‚ there are four basic types of tissue: epithelial‚ connective‚ muscular‚ and nervous
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Action Potentials in the Ventral Nerve Cord of the Periplaneta Americana Andrew Goldsmith (andrew.goldsmith@uconn.edu)‚ Tuesdays 1-4PM Section: 2 (Partner: Ana Charalambides) Abstract In polikiotherms it is known that the amount of locomotion varies based on the environmental temperature. We believe that this is caused by differences in the neural activity. We therefore investigated how temperature changes affect the extracellular neural activity in the ventral nerve cord of the Periplaneta Americana
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Moorpark College Neurophysiology of Nerve Impulses Laboratory Homework 20 Points Total Name: ___________________________________ PRINT THE FOLLOWING PAGES AND PROVIDE A HANDWRITTEN ANSWER TO ALL QUESTIONS. Answer the question in the space provided for each question. 1. In the PHYSIO-EX 9.0 Activity 1‚ the simulation showed you how the resting membrane potential depends on the concentration of K+ and Na+ in the ECF. Some data were generated while measuring the resting membrane potential
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1. Why did Allen’s heart rate and blood pressure fall in this time of emergency (i.e. at a time when you’d expect just the opposite homeostatic response)? Pg. 969 This occurred because Allen’s spinal cord has decreased perfusion due to damage‚ and a broken vertebral bone. Also‚ there has been a disruptions of the sympathetic fibers of his autonomic nervous system therefore it can no longer stimulate the heart. Allen likely has spinal shock. 2. Upon admission to the hospital‚ Allen’s breathing
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on to the olfactory nerve. This nerve enters the brain and will cause the subject to understand the odor to be hamburger‚ of which he wants to eat. The brain then makes the decision to move forward with eating the hamburger. The brain must tell the hand to reach out and grab the burger to bring it to the mouth. It does so by sending an impulse down the spinal nerve until it branches off on to the arm nerves‚ which include the radial‚ ulnar‚ and median nerve. These three nerves in conjunction will
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current is directed over the nerves that lead to those electrodes so that a computer can record and evaluate the consequent nerve impulse for velocity‚ onset and amplitude. Neuropathies are caused by damage to the nerves axon and/or damage to the myelin sheath surrounding the nerve. If a response is slower than normal‚ damage to the myelin sheath is implied. If the height of the response’s amplitude is low with a relatively normal speed of conduction‚ damage to the nerve axon is implied. How
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vagina‚ womb (uterus)‚ fallopian tubes and ovaries The Nervous System What is it The nervous system is the body’s main control system. It is made up of the Central Nervous System (or CNS) and a network of nerves that extend from the CNS to all parts of the body. The nervous system regulates both voluntary activities‚ such as walking and talking‚ and involuntary activities‚ such as breathing‚ which you make no conscious decisions about. The CNS has two main
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ANTHROPOLOGY 316: Human Anatomy & Physiology I Lab Fall 2013 Lab L05-7052 Friday 12:35-2:35 AS 11 Lecturer: Kelli H. Tamvada‚ M.A. Contact Information: KTamvada@albany.edu Office location: AS 235 Office hours: Tuesdays 3:00-5:00‚ or by appointment Required Texts: Heisler‚ R. E.‚ Hebert‚ N.‚ Chinn‚ J. Krabbenhoft‚ K. M.‚ and Malakhova‚ O. (2014) PAL 3.0 Lab Guide: practical anatomy lab. Pearson Zao‚ P.‚ Stabler‚ T.‚ Smith‚ L.‚ Lokuta‚ A.‚ Griff‚ E. (2014). PhysioEx 9.0 Laboratory
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neurotransmitters. A. RESPONSES TO NERVE STIMULATION Attach a copy of your experimental recordings showing a period of spontaneous contractions and the response to stimulating the nerves at 20 Hz with both a voltage that produced only a modest response and the voltage that produced the maximal response. 1) Briefly describe the response of the ileum when it is unstimulated and during stimulation of the nerves. It is shown that the rabbit ileum has a constant rate of
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