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    swift surgical repairs of aneurysms save lives. _____3)(T/F) “Rest and digest” is a description of the Parasympathetic Nervous System _____4) (T/F) The basal ganglia is involved in subconscious actions of voluntary movements such as inhibiting tremors – controls position 13-26_5) A) shingles (Herpes Zoster) 1) acute inflammation/infection of the peripheral nervous system due to the chicken pox virus a) variciella virus 2) characterized by pain and a rash

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    I. INTRODUCTION Objective I.1 Define psychology: the science of behavior and mental processes. |Margin Learning Question(s) (if applicable) |Page(s) | |None | | Key Terms Psychology: the science of behavior and mental processes. Exercises 1. Put a check mark

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    with receiving signals from other neurons or sense organs and ending with the transmission of a signal to another neuron. Explain how a pattern of neuron firing is related to behavior. Neurons are information- processing units in the central nervous system that receive and transmit information. It is made up of an axon‚ dendrites and a cell body. The nucleus and cytoplasm are contained in the cell body. The axon starts from the cell body‚ dividing into smaller branches and then ends at the nerve

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    MULTIPLE CHOICE. Choose the one alternative that best completes the statement or answers the question. 1) The spinal cord is part of the A) peripheral nervous system. B) somatic nervous system. C) central nervous system. D) autonomic nervous system. E) afferent nervous system. Answer: C 2) The ________ is a strand of fibrous tissue that provides longitudinal support as a component of the coccygeal ligament.

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    Definition Reflex tests are simple physical tests of nervous system function. Purpose A reflex is a simple nerve circuit. A stimulus‚ such as a light tap with a rubber hammer‚ causes sensory neurons (nerve cells) to send signals to the spinal cord. There‚ the signals are conveyed both to the brainand to nerves that control muscles affected by the stimulus. Without any brain intervention‚ these muscles may respond to an appropriate stimulus by contracting. Reflex tests measure the presence and

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    AP Psychology Midterm Study Guide #1 Unit 1: Psychology’s History and Approaches 1.Definition of Psychology? Disciplines it is rooted in? Psychology is the science of behavior and mental process; it seeks to answer how and why we think‚ feel‚ act as we do. Psychology is rooted in philosophy and biology. 2.What is the difference between nativism and empiricism? Which ancient philosophers/early psychologist were nativist? which were empiricist? Nativism is the argument that all our skills

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    the data from the study to reach a conclusion. 3. If you stub your toe‚ how does the impulse travel through your nervous system allowing you to pull your toe back and jump up and down in pain? Explain how this process occurs (including the process of neural transmission) using the following terms in context: • Sensory neuron • Peripheral nervous system • Central nervous system • Interneuron • Motor neuron • Action potential • Neurotransmitter • Synapse 4. A patient who is admitted to the hospital

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    decreases and stopped the heart temporarily | Explain two ways that the heart can overcome excessive vagal stimulation. | 1: Sympathetic reflexes 2: initiation of a rhythm by the Purkinje Fibers | Describe how the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system work together to regulate heart rate | Sympathetic increases HR Parasympathetic decreases HR | What do you think would happen to the HR if the vagus nerve was cut? | It would increase and go back to the 100bpm | Explain the effect that decreasing

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    Chapter One↬ Humanism: Potential‚ Carl Rogers‚ Abraham Maslow Psychodynamic: Sigmund Freud‚ Unconscious‚ Repressed Memories Behaviorism: B.F. Skinner‚ Ivan Pavlov‚ John Watson‚ Environment‚ Reinforcement Cognitive: Thoughts‚ Internal Sentences Biopsychology: Hormones‚ Neurotransmitters Socio-Cultural: Religion‚ Race‚ Environment Wilhelm Wundt: First Psychology Lab‚ Structuralism‚ Introspection Eclecticism: Combination Approach‚ Multiple Perspective Gestalt: Whole Person‚ Max Wertheimer

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    Practice Exam #4 – Chapters 12‚ 13‚ 14 & 15 1) What would normally be found within the central canal of the spinal cord? a) Blood b) Myelin c) Cerebrospinal fluid d) Air e) Gray matter 2) The filum terminale is a) The roots of spinal nerves hanging inferiorly from the end of the spinal cord in the vertebral column b) An indentation on the dorsal side of the spinal cored c) The tapered end of the spinal cord d) An extension of the pia mater that anchors the spinal cord to the coccyx

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