'Involuntary control' diaporamas de présentation

IV. Digestion, Absorption and Transport

IV. Digestion, Absorption and Transport. In order for food to be of any benefit to the body, and for the body to get any nutrients from it, food must be eaten, digested an the resultant nutrients absorbed from the intestinal tract and transported to designated cells throughout the body

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The Muscular System

The Muscular System. Muscles. Bones require muscles for locomotion Muscles move bone by contracting (shortening). Function of Muscles. Produce movement Maintain posture Stabilize joints Generate heat. The Muscular System.

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Chapter 12

Chapter 12. The Central Nervous System. Part E. Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF). Watery solution similar in composition to blood plasma Contains less protein and different ion concentrations than plasma Forms a liquid cushion that gives buoyancy to the CNS organs

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Skeletal Muscle Physiology

Skeletal Muscle Physiology. How do contractions occur? Remember that muscles are excitable. Electrochemical gradient. Both neurons and muscle cells maintain electrochemical gradients across their plasma membranes Intracellular fluid is negatively charged. 2 Electrochemical gradients.

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MUSCULAR SYSTEM

MUSCULAR SYSTEM. anatomical terminology. ? Assume the anatomical position, what do these words mean? Inferior; superior Proximal; distal Medial; lateral Posterior; anterior. TYPES OF MUSCLES. SKELETAL : voluntary control striated appearance (alternating dark & light bands)

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The Skeletal and Muscular Systems

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Chapter 7: Test Review Nervous System

Chapter 7: Test Review Nervous System. Explain afferent and efferent nervous system. Afferent- sensory receives and brings info. they have longer dendrites, only the ends can sense info; The body is not in the CNS (axon is); unipolar

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Mechanics of Breathing

Mechanics of Breathing. 4 Stages of Gas Exchange. 1. Breathing - movement of air into and out of the lungs which consists of 2 phases. lungs do not contain muscle tissue; they are elastic tissue for expansion and retraction .

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The Human Muscular System

The Human Muscular System. Types of Muscle. Cardiac Muscle Striated muscle found only in the heart Under involuntary control Only rests between contractions Smooth Muscle Lack striations Usually under involuntary control Contraction is slow and rhythmic Muscles of internal organs

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Muscle tissue

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Muscular system

Muscular system. Vocabulary. Muscular system. Provides movement for the body Maintains posture Generates heat Stabilizes joints. Skeletal Muscle. Attached to bones Contract to pull bones Under voluntary control. Cardiac Muscle. In the walls of the heart Involuntary control.

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