CONNECT ACCESS CARD FOR ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

8th Edition

ISBN: 9781259880193

Author: SALADIN

Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION

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CONNECT ACCESS CARD FOR ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY

Ch. 12.1 - What is a receptor? Give two examples of...Ch. 12.1 - Distinguish between the central and peripheral...Ch. 12.1 - Prob. 3BYGO Ch. 12.1 - What the nervous and endocrine systems have in...Ch. 12.1 - Three fundamental functions of the nervous system;...Ch. 12.1 - Differences between the central nervous system...Ch. 12.1 - The autonomic nervous system and its two divisions Ch. 12.2 - Sketch a multipolar neuron and label its...Ch. 12.2 - Explain the differences between a sensory neuron,...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 6BYGO

Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 7BYGO Ch. 12.2 - Three fundamental physiological properties of...Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 2AYLO Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 3AYLO Ch. 12.2 - Prob. 4AYLO Ch. 12.2 - Ways in winch neurons transport substances between...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 8BYGO Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 9BYGO Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 10BYGO Ch. 12.3 - Six kinds of neuroglia; the structure and...Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 2AYLO Ch. 12.3 - Prob. 3AYLO Ch. 12.3 - The regeneration of a damaged nerve fiber; the...Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 11BYGO Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 12BYGO Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 13BYGO Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 14BYGO Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 15BYGO Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 16BYGO Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 17BYGO Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 1AYLO Ch. 12.4 - What an electrical current is, and how sodium ions...Ch. 12.4 - How stimulation of a neuron generates a local...Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 4AYLO Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 5AYLO Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 6AYLO Ch. 12.4 - Prob. 7AYLO Ch. 12.4 - How one action potential triggers another; how the...Ch. 12.4 - Saltatory conduction in a myelinated nerve fiber,...Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 18BYGO Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 19BYGO Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 20BYGO Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 21BYGO Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 1AYLO Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 2AYLO Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 3AYLO Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 4AYLO Ch. 12.5 - Excitatory synapses; how acetylcholine and...Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 6AYLO Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 7AYLO Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 8AYLO Ch. 12.5 - Prob. 9AYLO Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 22BYGO Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 23BYGO Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 24BYGO Ch. 12.6 - Contrast serial and parallel processing and...Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 26BYGO Ch. 12.6 - Explain how long-term potentiation and long-term...Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 1AYLO Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 2AYLO Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 3AYLO Ch. 12.6 - How a postsynaptic neurons decision to fire...Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 5AYLO Ch. 12.6 - Mechanisms of presynaptic facilitation and...Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 7AYLO Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 8AYLO Ch. 12.6 - The meanings of neural pool and neural circuit Ch. 12.6 - The difference between a neurons discharge zone...Ch. 12.6 - Diverging, converging, reverberating, and parallel...Ch. 12.6 - The difference between serial and parallel...Ch. 12.6 - The cellular basis of memory; what memory consists...Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 14AYLO Ch. 12.6 - Prob. 15AYLO Ch. 12 - The integrative functions of the nervous system...Ch. 12 - The highest density of voltage-gated ion channels...Ch. 12 - The soma of a mature neuron lacks a. a nucleus. b....Ch. 12 - The glial cells that fight infections in the CNS...Ch. 12 - Posttetanic potentiation of a synapse increases...Ch. 12 - An IPSP is_____of the postsynaptic neuron. a. a...Ch. 12 - Prob. 7TYR Ch. 12 - Prob. 8TYR Ch. 12 - Prob. 9TYR Ch. 12 - Prob. 10TYR Ch. 12 - Prob. 11TYR Ch. 12 - Prob. 12TYR Ch. 12 - Prob. 13TYR Ch. 12 - Prob. 14TYR Ch. 12 - Prob. 15TYR Ch. 12 - A myelinated nerve fiber can produce action...Ch. 12 - Prob. 17TYR Ch. 12 - Prob. 18TYR Ch. 12 - Prob. 19TYR Ch. 12 - Prob. 20TYR Ch. 12 - Prob. 1BYMV Ch. 12 - Prob. 2BYMV Ch. 12 - Prob. 3BYMV Ch. 12 - Prob. 4BYMV Ch. 12 - Prob. 5BYMV Ch. 12 - Prob. 6BYMV Ch. 12 - Prob. 7BYMV Ch. 12 - Prob. 8BYMV Ch. 12 - Prob. 9BYMV Ch. 12 - Prob. 10BYMV Ch. 12 - Prob. 1WWTS Ch. 12 - Prob. 2WWTS Ch. 12 - Prob. 3WWTS Ch. 12 - Prob. 4WWTS Ch. 12 - Excitatory postsynaptic potentials lower the...Ch. 12 - Prob. 6WWTS Ch. 12 - Prob. 7WWTS Ch. 12 - Myelinated nerve fibers conduct signals more...Ch. 12 - Prob. 9WWTS Ch. 12 - Prob. 10WWTS Ch. 12 - Schizophrenia is sometimes treated with drugs such...Ch. 12 - Hyperkalemia is an excess of potassium ill the...Ch. 12 - Suppose a poison were to slow down the Na+-K+...Ch. 12 - Prob. 4TYC Ch. 12 - Prob. 5TYC

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