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| What types of receptors are there and what do they respond to? |
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Definition
Nociceptors = Pain
Thermoreceptors = Temperature
Chemoreceptors = Chemicals
Mechanoreceptors = Touch, Pressure and Position |
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Term
| 5 Functions of respiratory system |
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Definition
Five basic functions:
1) Provide large area for gas exchange
2) Moving air to and from gas exchange surfaces of lungs
3) Protection
4) Producing sounds
5) Providing olfactory sensations to the CNS for sense of smell |
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Term
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Definition
| sensations that originate in visceral organs are perceived as pain in other body regions innervated by the same spinal nerve. |
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Term
| Anerobic vs aerobic metabolism |
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Definition
| Aerobic requires O2 but Anaerobic does not. |
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Term
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Definition
| in the CNS and the aortic and carotid bodies. |
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Term
| unequil pupils is called? |
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Definition
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Term
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Definition
| Secrete onto the alveolar surfaces an oily secretion called surfactant. |
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Term
| Mechanoreceptors respond to? |
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Definition
| touch pressure and position |
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Term
| Thermoreceptors respond to? |
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Definition
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Term
| Nociceptors respond to pain |
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Definition
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Term
| Chemoreceptors respond to what? |
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Definition
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