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Class Test 2
Why is intrinsic factor needed in...,
What does damage to stomach mucos...,
What are the 3 phases of gastric ...
96
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Homeostasis
What are the lobes of the brain,
What is the central nervous syste...,
What is the peripheral nervous sy...
29
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Endocrine and Nervous System
What processes does the endocrine...,
What mediators does the endocrine...,
What is a hormone
35
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Autonomic Nervous System
What system controls organs,
What are the two divisions of the...,
What do the blood vessels control
29
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Blood Pressure and Heart Rate (4)
What is systole,
What is diastole,
How do you measure heart rate bea...
19
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Blood Flow (5)
What is blood flow,
What is the average overall blood...,
What are the main functions of ci...
44
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Lung function
What are the normal conditions fo...,
When does ventilation increase,
What is the function of the nasal...
35
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Capillary Function
What is the distribution of blood...,
What is the circulatory system co...,
What is low pressure in the cardi...
61
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Blood Circulation
What do neural controls of the pe...,
How do hormones affect blood pres...,
Describe the cardiac cycle right ...
8
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Control of Breathing
What is required for gas diffusion,
Partial pressure defintion,
Partial pressure equation
26
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Responses to Challenge
Describe capillaries at rest,
What happens to the capillaries d...,
What is the equation for total pe...
7
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Gastric Secretion
What does mechanical digestion co...,
What is propulsion,
What is the stomachs anatomy
40
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Pancreatic and Bile Secretion
Describe the liver,
What are liver lobules,
What is the portal vein
49
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Physiological Aspects of the Endocrine System
What is a hormone,
What produces hormones,
How many hormones can an endocrin...
46
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Pituitary Gland
What is the pituitary gland,
Where is the pituitary gland,
What does the pituitary gland link
35
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Thyroid Gland
What shape is the thyroid gland,
Where is the thyroid gland located,
What is the thyroid gland compose...
27
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Hormones Controlling Plasma Nutrients
What is insulin and glucagons rol...,
What are the physiological aspect...,
What is the role of insulin and g...
28
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Lab Review
What does an increase in metaboli...,
What is the requirement of metabo...,
What is the highest rate of aerob...
39
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Longer Term Physiological Response to a Challenge
Whats the short term response of ...,
Whats the medium term response to...,
Whats the long term response to b...
23
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Methods for studying the nervous system
Why are methods for studying the ...,
What other disciplines does neuro...,
What are the 5 foundation methods...
45
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Intestinal Absorption and Secretion
How many litres is the dietary in...,
What is the internal secretion fo...,
How many litres is the internal s...
65
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Structure of Neurones & Glia
What are the 3 parts of a neuron,
What are dendrites and axons are ...,
What is contained within the soma
43
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Endocrine Control of Fluid and Salt Balance
What is the total body water content,
What is the intracellular fluid c...,
What is the extracellular fluid c...
31
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Origins of the resting membrane potential
Why do ions migrate at different ...,
How are migration rate of ions me...,
How are migration rates expressed
47
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The Action Potential and its propagation
How often are leak channels open,
How often are gated channels open,
What are some functional elements...
53
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Principles of Synaptic Transmission
What are the two specialised junc...,
What are the two types of synapses,
What is a chemical synapse
33
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Neurotransmitters and Receptors
What is a classical neurotransmitter,
What are modulators,
What do modulators often act through
39
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Levels of organisation in the nervous system
What is the nervous system divide...,
What is the cns divided into,
What is the pns sub divisions
53
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The Cortex and Localisation of function
What is grey matter,
What are the grooves in the brain,
What are the ridges of the brain
30
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Reflexes
What is a reflex,
What are reflex circuits,
What type of circuits are reflex ...
38
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Vision
What does the retina contain,
What do photoreceptors do,
What is the output of the retina via
52
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Movement
What are involuntary movements,
What are voluntary movements,
What does skilled movement involve
50
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Learning and memory
What is learning,
What is memory,
What are the memory processes
64
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Blood brain barrier
What can brain scans reveal,
What does fmri stand for,
What does fmri detect
60
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Brainstem
What does the brainstem connect,
What are the neurones in the brai...,
What is important in the brainstem
47
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Class Test 3
What causes parkinsons disease,
Dave,
Same
92
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Stroke
What is a stroke,
How many deaths per year are caus...,
How many first time strokes were ...
56
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Disorders of CNS myelin
What gives white matter its colour,
What does white matter contain,
What gives white mater its insula...
79
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Introduction to cognitive neuroscience
What is cognition,
What is executive function,
What do frontal lobe lesion patie...
15
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Using fMRI to study cognitive neuroscience
What can you measure in the brain,
What is functional magnetic reson...,
What does active brain tissue use...
24
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