1. (5 pts) Describe the metabolic process providing your energy while you were walking (at an easy pace) before the bee stung you. Include which molecules are being consumed. The metabolic process providing my energy while I was walking at an easy pace is aerobic metabolism. During aerobic metabolism‚ mitochondria absorb from the surrounding cytoplasm these molecules: ADP‚ phosphate ions‚ O2‚ and organic substances like pyruvate. These molecules go through the citric acid cycle. The electron
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Chapter 48 Nervous Systems Lecture Outline Overview: Command and Control Center The human brain contains an estimated 1011 (100 billion) neurons. Each neuron may communicate with thousands of other neurons in complex information-processing circuits. Recently developed technologies can record brain activity from outside the skull. One technique is functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)‚ which reconstructs a 3-D map of the subject’s brain activity. The results of brain imaging and other
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Dors-: referring to the back * Endo-: within * Ependym-: tunic * epi-: upon‚ after‚ in addition * erg-: work * Fasc-: bundle * Flacc-: flabby * folic-: small bag * fov-: pit * fov-: pit * Funi-: small cord or fiber * Gangli-: swelling * glen-: joint socket * glen-: joint socket * glia: glue * glyc-: sweet * -gram: something written * hist-: web‚ tissue * hol-: entire‚ whole * Homeo-: referring to same *
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Spinal Cord Injury with Complication of Autonomic Dysreflexia Ashley Audette‚ Shelby LeBel‚ and Jocelyn Neufeld Nurs 361 Nursing of Adults Sandra Fritz and JoDee Wentzel March 14‚ 2014 Autonomic dysreflexia is a complication of spinal cord injuries. “It is a massive‚ uncompensated cardiovascular reaction mediated by the sympathetic nervous system” (Lewis‚ 2014‚ p.1784). There are many factors that need to be explored in relation to the complication of autonomic dysreflexia
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Central Nervous System: The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord. The brain controls bodily functions. The cerebrum is the largest part of the brain in humans. The cerebrum is the last place that information travels through in the brain. The spinal cord is the part of the body that communicates between the brain and the nerves that connect to the spinal cord. The spinal cord is commonly known as a pathway from the brain to the body. Peripheral Nervous System: The peripheral
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a specific disease or pathologic lesion (Seller and Symons‚ 2012). It is most often caused by mechanical impact to include postural backache‚ acute lumbosacral strain‚ degenerative lumbosacral arthritis. Other causes include sciatica‚ lumbar spinal stenosis and chronic low back pain. Non-specific
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2013 ABSTRACT The brain is the most important part of an organism’s body. It is the one that receives all information from different stimuli and controls the movement of body parts. But for sudden stimuli that needs a quick response‚ spinal cord reflexes happened. The effect of decerebration on a toad (Bufo marinus) will cause its inability to move‚ but it still responded to stimuli because of certain reflexes which were not mediated by the brain. The intact toad’s response to certain stimuli
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of action is spinal cord. Symptoms of severity: Severe nausea and vomiting ‚convulsions of all muscle groups which become more longer and shortly space.Loss of consciousness‚poster become arc shaped.Poster may be opinthotonus or pleurothotonus. LD50: 1. For rodents 0.16mg/Kg. 2. For Humans 1-2mg/kg. Mechanism Of action (strychnine): Strychnine is a neurotoxin and death occurs due to asphyxia(respiratory failure).Motor nerves are present on spinal cord‚they control
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X-ray 1 is a left lateral view of the lumbosacral spine taken with the patient in weight bearing or standing. This lateral view is produced with a round cone to better visualize the lumbosacral junction. X-ray 1b is the left lateral view of the lumbosacral spine with the patient positioned in sidelying. Bony Pathology: The bone density appears uniform within the vertebrae and surrounding bone. Osteophyte formation and lipping are noted at the margins of the vertebrae‚ most significant in L3‚ L4
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you used to label the structures. All of the terms in the activity are listed here‚ but you only need to provide descriptions for those you used. Term Description Central nervous system System of nerves that includes the brain‚ brainstem‚ and spinal cord Cell body Part of a neuron that contains a nucleus but does not incorporate the axon and dendrites Peripheral nervous system All nerves that are not part of the CNS Dendrites Short branched extension of a nerve cell that receives signals from other
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