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Identify the structures labeled below:

Increased Intracranial Pressure (ICP) may occur when the brain is damaged and starts to swell causing further brain damage.  This is a negative feedback process.

Which of these is threshold in a neuron?

Dopamine is removed from the synaptic cleft by reuptake

fill in the blank here – i have to give possible answers

You are working at a biotech company with cell membranes.  You’ve embedded a pump in the cell membrane that moves one Magnesium ion (Mg2+) and two Ca2+ ions each time it pumps:  After 5 pumping cycles, will there be a membrane potential established?  Explain your answer.

The cornea is anterior to the conjunctiva

In order to see clearly, light rays must converge on the cornea

Following an accident, Gabby has no sensation in her legs or her arms/hands.  Based on your understanding of dermatomes, what area of Gabby’s spinal cord is injured?

Which structure detects linear movements of the head?