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Preganglionic cell bodies located in the cervical and sacral regions of the spinal cord.

Consider skeletal muscle, heart, and stomach.  What side effects would you expect to observe in these 3 body systems if your patient were taking large doses of an anticholinergic drug?  Your patient wants to operate a motor vehicle- what advice would you give them?

If your dog has 15 puppies and you need to increase her milk production, you might give her injections of _____.

Write out the 3 overlapping functions of the nervous system.

Consider a basketball player whose heart is racing during the final moments of the game.  With seconds on the clock, she makes a jump shot.  Her excitement is a function of her __________________ nervous system, and her voluntary movements are a function of her ______________ nervous sytem.

Tropic hormone that targets testes in males causing them to increase sex hormone production.

Essay: Answer the following about rigor mortis. a.  Definition: b.  Why it appears after death? c.  Step of cross bridge cycling disrupted? d.  What ion is left in the sarcoplasm?  Why?

Enzyme that hydrolyzes ATP, storing energy in the myosin head?

Which type of ion channel is most often found concentrated on the structure that you chose in the previous question.

Examine the cadaver below and identify the muscles indicated. Name muscle A. ____________________________ Name muscle B. ____________________________