A band Correct Answers Overlap of thick and thin filaments
ACh exocytosis blocker: effect and examples Correct Answers
Prevents muscle contraction, examples are botox
ACh-esterase inhibition: effect and examples Correct Answers
Prevents muscle relaxation, examples are nerve gas
Acuity frequency range Correct Answers 1000-3000 Hz
Adrenal Medulla cells Correct Answers Chromaffin cells
Adrenergic receptor subtypes Correct Answers Alpha or Beta
After sound enters oval window, it enters _______ Correct
Answers Vestibular Duct
Alpha waves characteristics Correct Answers Awake with eyes
closed
Amplitude determines... Correct Answers Loudness of sound
Amygdala function Correct Answers Link memories related to
emotional experiences
Anorexigenic pathway: Effect of leptin/insulin Correct Answers
Activate POMC neurons to inhibit feeding
Anterior pituitary gland Correct Answers Endothelial Tissue
,Arm swing coordination Correct Answers Flexion is
synchronous with contralateral flexion in leg
At sound wave peak... Correct Answers Crowded molecules,
high pressure
At sound wave trough Correct Answers Far apart molecules,
low pressure
Auditory Nerve Correct Answers Cranial Nerve 8
Auditory processing: From auditory nerve to... Correct Answers
Cochlear Nuclei in medulla
Auditory processing: From cochlear nuclei in medulla to...
Correct Answers Medial Geniculate Nucleus MGN in thalamus
Auditory processing: From MGN in thalamus to... Correct
Answers Auditory Cortex A1
Auditory receptor cells Correct Answers Hair cells
Autonomic Nervous system controls.... Correct Answers
Smooth muscle, gut, lymphoid tissue
Autonomic Pathway (Neurons involved) Correct Answers CNS
--> Preganglionic neuron -->Autonomic ganglion -->
Postganglionic neuron --> Target
,Autonomic synpases Correct Answers Beads on string -
variscosities
Babinski sign abnormal response Correct Answers Toes curl up
Babinski sign normal response Correct Answers Toes curl
down
Babinski sign stimulus Correct Answers Stroke foot sole
Banting, Best, Macleod and Collip discovered Correct Answers
Insulin
Baroreceptor reflex mechanism - effect on parasympathetic
Correct Answers 1) NTS extends to nAmb
2) nAmb has parasympathetic signals; increased via
baroreceptor signalling
Baroreceptor reflex mechanism - effect on sympathetic Correct
Answers 1) Afferent fibres end in NTS (nucleus of tractus
solitaries)
2) Neurons extend to CVLM (caudal ventrolateral medulla)
3) CVLM secretes GABA and inhibits RVLM
4) Inhibited RVLM decreases sympathetic signalling to IML
Baroreceptor stimulus Correct Answers Stretching of blood
vessels due to increased blood pressure
Bitter receptors signal Correct Answers Poison
, Blue green light effect on melatonin secretion (reduce or
increase) Correct Answers Reduce
BMAL1 and CLOCK accumulate during ____, degrade at ____
Correct Answers Night, Day
Brown and Pederson discovered Correct Answers Motilin and
GIP
Calcium present: effect on troponin and tropomyosin Correct
Answers Ca binds troponin, causing movement of tropomyosin
to expose actin for myosin binding
Cardiac muscle refractory period Correct Answers Longer to
prevent summation
Cardiovascular centre control lies where Correct Answers
Ventrolateral medulla, specifically rostral ventrolateral medulla
(RVLM)
CCK, OEA, GLP-1 effect and origin Correct Answers Released
from duodenum to inhibit feeding
Central Hearing Loss Correct Answers Damage to cortex or
pathways for auditory processing. Can detect, can't properly
interpret
Cholinergic RAS: Chemical Correct Answers Acetylcholine
Cholinergic RAS: Function Correct Answers Sleep wake cycle,
arousal, learning, memory