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…is a branch of linguistics that focuses on the way in which words are formed from morphemes. 

Viterbi’s Four Stages include:

…is one of two or more complementary morphs which manifest a morpheme in its phonological or morphological environments.

Prefixes are morphemes that … the stem.

Both exocrine and endocrine glands exists within the body and carry out different functions. Which gland type has ducts and releases onto the body surface?

The epidermis a layered structure houses tissue types with different properties. Which layer has active mitosis?

All somatic motor neurons release acetylcholine.

Summation allows for an action potential within the neuron to occur. Without summation, the depolarization may stay as a graded potential. If the soma receives synapses from multiple neurons at different regions or places around the soma, this would be an example of which type of summation?

The sliding filament theory describes the movement of actin and myosin during contraction. During a concentric contraction, what happens to the M line?

Extra credit: Describe what happens within the sarcomere during contraction (include key structures where appropriate). *Note: This is extra credit. Save this until the end so that you do not run out of time.