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| A decrease below normal levels of oxygen in air, blood, or tissue. |
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| A substance produced by the kidney which stimulates the production of red blood cells from the bones marrow |
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| Term meaning just outside of the peritoneal cavitiy. |
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| The outer zone of an organ (i.e. kidney) |
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| The inner zone of an organ. |
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| The central area of the kidney where the urinary ducts come together to form the ureters. |
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| Tube that empties the urinary bladder. |
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| Term for expulsion of urine from the bladder. |
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| Functional unit of the kidney |
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| Rich capillary bed within Bowman's capsule |
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| Also called the renal corpuscle. |
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| Cells surrounding the arteriole within the renal corpuscle that produce the hormone _________ secreted into the blood when the blood pressure in the afferent arterioles falls. |
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| Longest and most winding portion of the nephron which reabsorbs most of the constituents of the glomerular filtrate. |
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| Proximal convoluted tubule |
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| U-shaped tubule that contains the most concentrated fluid in the nephron |
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| Mechanism occurs in this U-shaped tubule because fluid moves in opposite directions in the two limbs of the loop |
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| Hormone produced in the hypothalamus which acts on the collecting ducts increasing the reabsorption of water |
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| Antidiuretic hormone bast |
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| Most commonly used index of renal function. |
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| BUN - Blood Urea Nitrogen |
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| Principle excretory product in the avian species |
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| The basic unit of the nervous system. |
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| Depolarization of the membrane of a nerve cell occurs by the rapid influx of |
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| Carry nerve impulses toward the cell body. |
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| Carry nerve impulses away from the cell body. |
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| The presence of myelin gives a nerve fiber its ______ color. |
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| The gray matter of the brain consists mainly of ________ (type of neuron cell) |
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| Consists of many layers of the tightly packed coil of the Schwann cell plasma membrane that encircles certain kinds of axons. |
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| Junction between two neurons. |
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| Clusters of neuron cell bodies found outside the CNS. |
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| The three initial developmental regions of the brain. |
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| Prosencephalon(Fore brain), Mesenaphaline(Mid brain), Rhomben cephalm(hind brain) |
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| The central nervous system is made up of __________ and __________ |
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| There are _____ pairs of cranial nerves. |
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| The autonomic nervous system is made up of ______________ and ____________ |
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| sympathetic and parasympathetic systems |
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| Also called the voluntary nervous system |
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| Also called the involuntary nervous system. |
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| Also called the thoracolumbar nervous system |
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| Sympathetic nervous system |
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| An example of a sympathomimetic agent. |
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| Used to block the parasympathetic system during pre-anesthesia. |
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| Neuron that transmits nerve impulses to the spinal cord or brain. |
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| Sensory neuron (Afferent) |
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| The conducting medium in between two nerves at the synapse except at the postganglionic sympathetic fibers where norephineprite is the medium. |
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| Example of a catecholamine |
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| Epinephrine or Nor-epinephrine |
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| Supporting neural tissue involved in the formation of the myelin sheath and blood-brain barrier. |
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| Fluid which acts as a shock absorber for the brain. |
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| What are the five major parts of the mature brain? |
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| Cerebrum, cerebellum, mid brain, pons, medulla oblongata |
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| A triple-layered membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord. |
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| The membrane closest to the gray matter in the brain. |
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| Most superficial membrane. |
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| Fat-filled space between the periosteum of the vertebral canal and the most superficial membrane surround the spinal cord. |
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| Drugs that stimulate the release of nor-epinephrine from neurovesicles. |
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| Principal connection between cerebral hemispheres. |
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| Functional layer of the ovary (where the follicles and hormones are produced) |
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| Means "white body" (on the ovary) |
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| Funnel-shaped end of oviducts |
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| Exact location of fertilization. |
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| Junction of ambulla + isthmus |
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| Muscular part of the uterus. |
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| Outer layer of uterine tissue. |
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| Inner layer of uterine tissue. |
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| Uterine type found in mare. |
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