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mrs vela test 6
sensory and autonomic
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
01/09/2009

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Pain receptors are also called....
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nociceptors
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Photoreceptors deal with....
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Sight

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chemoreceptors deal with....

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taste and smell
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thermoreceptors deal with

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heat and cold
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Mechanoreceptors deal with
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hearing and equilibrium
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Pain receptors (nociceptors) deal with

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Pain

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The five general senses are:

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pain, touch, pressure, temperature, and propioception
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Touch recptors are also called....

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tactile receptors
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What are the five special senses....

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smell, taste, sight, hearing, balance
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The sense of taste is called....
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gustatory sense or gustation

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Lysoyme is

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an antimicriobial enzyme found in tears
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what does the lysozyme do

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helps destoy and prevents infection
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the posterior cavity is located
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between the lens and the retina
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posterior cavity is filled with
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vitreous humor
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what muscule moves the eyeball
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superior rectus
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the anterior cavity is located

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between the lens and the cornea
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the anterior cavity is filled with
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aqueous humor
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the rods are more abundant through the...

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periphery
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the area of the retina that has the highest concentration of cones is
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fovea centralis
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the area in the center of a yellow spot is called
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macula lutea
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the blind spot is called
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the optic disc
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glaucoma is caused by

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drainage of the aqueous humor through the canal of Shlemm....

aqueous humor accumulates in the eye and elevates the pressure in the eye

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A choke disc is a sign of what

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intracranial pressure
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another word fo dialation is:
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mydriasis
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what system is mydriasis
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sympathetic
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what system is miosis
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parasympathetic

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miosis is also called
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dilation
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which layer of the eys is highly vascular(brings most of the blood to the eye)
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the choroid
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the outermost layer is called the
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sclera
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The two divisions of the ANS are...

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sympathetic and parasympathetic
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a single organ that receives fibers from both divisions of the ANS is
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referred to as dual innervation
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the parasympathetic nervous system is
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feed and breed
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the sympathetic nervous system is
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fight or flight

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the adrenal medulla
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stimulates secretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine
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a drug effects similar to the activation of the

SNS (mimicking)

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sympathomimetic
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a drug causes effects that are similar to a situation where the SNS cant be activated is called

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sympatholytic
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drug causes effects similar to the activation of PSN is...
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parasympathomimetic

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the administration of this agents prevents activation of the PNS
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parasympatholytic
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cerumen is

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ear wax
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the external ear is composed of
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auricle and external auditory canal
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the middle contains several structures
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tympanic membrane, three tiny bones, and the eustachian tube
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The eustachian tube does
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equalizes the pressure on both side of the tympanic membrane by permitting air to pass from the pharynx into the middle ear

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the ossicles of the middle ear are
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malleus (hammer), incus (anvil), stapes (stirrup)

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what is concerned with balance

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the vestibule and the semicircular canals
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the receptors that contain tiny hairs are called
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organ of Corti

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the sturcture of the ear

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external auditory canal= tympanic membrane= malleus=incus=stapes=eustachian tube/or vestibule= cochlea/semicircular canals=cranial nerve VIII

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The vagus nerve carries over what % of the PSN
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80%

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sympathetic nervous system secretes

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norepinephrine (NE)

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parasympathetic nervous system secretes
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acetylcholine (ACh)
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monoamine oxidase (MAO) is

 

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and enzyme that breaks down NE in the CNS

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a recptor is
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any site on the cell to which a neurotransmitter binds causing an alteration in cellular function
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there are two types of cholinergic receptors
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muscarinic receptors and incotinic receptors
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muscarinic receptors are located
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on the target organs of the Parasympathetic nerves
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the nicotinic-neural (Nn) are
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located within the ganglia of the autonomic nervous system
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the receptors located on skeletal muscles in the neuromuscular junction are
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nicotinicmuscle receptors
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receptors are part of what system

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somatic motor nercous system
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an agonist is a drug that

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directly activates receptors
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an antagonist blocker is
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a drug that prevents receptor activation
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what attaches to the suspensory ligament which tugs on the lens causing the lens to change its shape
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siliary muscule
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the sturcture of the eye

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cornea=iris=pupil=lens=retina=choroid=sclera

(front to back)

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the drooping eye is
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ptosis
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what vitamin can you take if you have night bllindness
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vitamin a
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the ear is divided into what 3 parts
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external ear, middle and inner ear
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the two major neurotransmitter of the ANS is
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ACh and NE
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the fiber that secretes ACh as its neurotransmitter is
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cholinergic fiber
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the fiber that secretes NE as its neurotransmitter is
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adrenergic fiber
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atrophine is the antagonist to
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ACh and cholinergic
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what receptor increase the heart rate and strength of contractions of the heart
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Beta 1
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what receptor dilates the airflow of the bronchial tubes
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beta 2
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what receptor dilates the pupil of the eyes
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alpha 1
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what receptor constricts the blood vessels
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alpha 1
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what receptor relaxes the uterus
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beta 2
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which response increase rate and strengthens of contractions of the heart
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sympathetic
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which response decreases rate: and no direct effect of strength of the heart
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parasympathetic
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which response dilates airflow of the bronchial tubes
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sympathetic
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which response constricts the airflow of the bronchial tubes
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parasympathetic
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which response dilates the pupil of the eye
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sympathetic
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which response constricts the pupil of the eye
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parasympathetic
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which response constricts the blood vessels
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sympathetic
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which response stimulates the sweat glands
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sympathetic
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which response inhibits mobility of the intestine
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sympathetic
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which response stimulates motility and secreation of the intestines
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parasympathtic
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which response relaxes muscules in the uterus
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sypmathetic
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what response stimulates thick secretion of salivary glands
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sypmathetic
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what response secreates watery secreation of the salivary gland
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parasympathetic
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what response contracts muscules of the bladder wall
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parasympathetic
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what response opens the sphincter of the internal sphincter
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parasympathetic
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