Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)
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The essential hormones in the body are produced by the part of the brain known as the hypothalamus. The hormones produced by the hypothalamus control various organs and cells of the body.
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A. Transmits information from periphery to the central nervous system
B. Voluntary nervous system that innervates skeletal muscles
C. Involuntary nervous system that innervates smooth muscle and glands.
D. Important for conscious responses
Indicate the correct cerebral lobes and its control.
A. Frontal lobe: speech and voluntary movement
B. Parietal lobe: conscious perception of vision
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D. Occipital lobe: smell and hearing
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B. pons
C. pineal body
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1. controls autonomic functions such as breathing, heart rate, digestion, etc.
2. center for memory, learning, thinking, sense perception
3. sense of smell
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5. connects the two cerebral hemispheres
6. secretes the hormone melatonin
7. produces and secretes many hormones that regulate diverse body functions
8. carries impulses from the eyeball to the brain
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The integration of the internal activities of the body is controlled by thea. cerebrum.b. cerebellum.c. hypothalamus.d. brain stem.
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Campbell Biology in Focus (2nd Edition)
Ch. 38.1 - Which division of the autonomic nervous system...Ch. 38.1 - Prob. 2CCCh. 38.2 - When you wave your right hand, what part of your...Ch. 38.2 - People who are inebriated have difficulty touching...Ch. 38.2 - WHAT IF? Two groups of individuals have CNS...Ch. 38.3 - Prob. 1CCCh. 38.3 - Prob. 2CCCh. 38.3 - WHAT IF? If a woman with a severed corpus callosum...Ch. 38.4 - Which one of the five categories of sensory...Ch. 38.4 - Prob. 2CC
Ch. 38.4 - WHAT IF? If you stimulated a sensory neuron of an...Ch. 38.5 - Prob. 1CCCh. 38.5 - Prob. 2CCCh. 38.5 - Prob. 3CCCh. 38.5 - Prob. 4CCCh. 38.6 - Contrast the light-detecting organs of planarians...Ch. 38.6 - Prob. 2CCCh. 38.6 - MAKE CONNECTIONS Compare the function of retinal...Ch. 38 - Patients with damage to Wernickes area have...Ch. 38 - The cerebral cortex does not play a major role in...Ch. 38 - The middle ear converts A. air pressure waves to...Ch. 38 - Prob. 4TYUCh. 38 - Prob. 5TYUCh. 38 - Prob. 6TYUCh. 38 - Prob. 7TYUCh. 38 - SCIENTIFIC INQUIRY Consider an individual who had...Ch. 38 - Prob. 9TYUCh. 38 - FOCUS ON ORGANIZATION In a short essay (100-150...Ch. 38 - Prob. 11TYU
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