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| A single cycle of a sine wave (sound in its simplest form) measured over some distance in space is called the wave's _____(1) and is indicated by the Greek symbol ________(2). A single cycle of a wave measured over time is called the wave's _______(3) and is indicated with the letter _________(4). The inverse of a single wave measured in time is called the wave's ____(5). This last measure tells how many times a wave cycle repeats in a particular unit of time, specifically how many times a wave repeats in a single ______(6). |
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(1) wavelength.
(2) lambda
(3) period
(4) t
(5) frequency
(6) second. |
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| In general, what is the role of the nervous system? |
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| mediates between the body and its environment |
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| CNS is comprised of ______(1) and _____(2). PNS is comprised of ______(3) and ______(4). Which of the PNS is most important for speech? _______(5) How many nerves comprise this particular subdivision of the PNS? (6) |
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(1) spinal cord
(2) brain
(3)cranial nerves
(4)spinal nerves
(5) cranial nerves
(6) 12 |
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| Nervous system has functional subdivisions. That which controls involuntary functions is the _______(1) nervous system. The part which controls the voluntary muscle function is ______(2) nervous system. |
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| There are sensory and motor signals in the PNS. Which signals are efferent? (1) Which signals are afferent? (2) Which nerve cell processes are efferent? (3) Which nerve cell processes are afferent? (4) |
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(1) motor
(2) sensory
(3) axons
(4) dendrites |
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| Which lobe of the cortex is specialized for motor control? |
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| Which structure of the subcortex is specialized for motor control? |
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| Which part of the cortex is specialized for general sensory processing (that is, sensory processing other than vision and hearing) and proprioception? |
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| Which part of the subcortex is the primary sensory processor? |
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| Which part of the cortex is specialized for vision? |
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| Which part of the cortex is specialized for hearing? |
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| In what cortical lobe do we find Broca's area? |
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| Which lobe has Wernicke's area? |
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| Damage to these Broca's and Wernicke's areas primarily affects what expressive communicative function? (speech? language?) |
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| What special name do we give to disorders arising from damage to these areas? |
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| If non-cortical areas of the brain such as the basal ganglia or the cerebellum are damaged, then what communicative function is primarily affected? (speech? language?) What is this disorder called? |
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| If you hear your friend tell a joke sound signals are carried to the brain via the cranial nerve ____(1), called the _________(2). What lobe of the brain do those signals finally reach? (3) And within that lobe, what is the name of the special sound reception area? (4) |
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(1) VIII
(2) auditory nerve
(3) temporal lobe
(4) Heschl's gyrus |
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| The anatomical unit comprised of one neuron and all the muscle fibers innervated by that neuron is called a ____(1). The physiologic function of this structure is usually described by its ________(2) response. |
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| The sliding filament theory of muscle contraction describes the action of two protein filaments called _____ and ______(1), contained within chains of segments called ________(2). These linked segments form "sub-fibers" called ________(3). |
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(1) actin and myosin
(2) sarcomeres
(3) myofibrils |
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| A muscle belly is surrounded by connective tissue called _______. |
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| A muscle fascicle is surrounded by connective tissue called _______. |
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| A diagram showing how different degrees of muscle contraction produce different amounts of force would be called _______. |
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| The method by which muscle force is graded (low force to high force) through the engagement of increasing numbers of motor units is called ______. |
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| The method by which muscle force is graded (low force to high force) by stimulating motor units a greater and greater number of times per second is called ______. |
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| increased firing frequency |
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| The type of contraction in which a muscle produces force but does not actually change length (does not shorten) is called _____. |
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