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If one is afflicted with sciatica, or inflammation of the sciatic nerve, they can expect to feel numbness and a lack of mobility in their:

Examine the torso below and then identify the muscles indicated. Name Muscle A. _____________________ Name Muscle B. _____________________ Name Muscle C.______________________ Name Muscle D.______________________

Hormone that is most important in one’s youth because it stimulates the movement of calcium from blood into growing bones by inhibiting osteoclasts.

Which skeletal muscle filament is thin & moves when each sarcomere shortens?

Examine the model then identify the muscle shown. Name muscle A ____________________________ Name muscle B ____________________________ Name muscle C ____________________________

Identify the following on the skeleton below. Name the bone indicated by A. ______________________________________ Name the bone indicated by B.  ______________________________________ Name the bone indicated by C. _______________________________________ Name the bone indicated by D. _______________________________________ Name the bone indicated by E. _______________________________________

This brainstem structure is an autonomic reflex control center controlling heart rate, respiration, blood pressure, and swallowing.

Enzyme that cuts apart acetylcholine, terminating the muscle cell action potential.

You’re standing in line to get into a concert you’ve been dying to see.  A girl wearing stilettos in front of you stumbles and stomps on your big toe (you unfortunately are wearing sandals!).  You feel the pressure of her shoe before you feel the pain.  Your response is to pull your foot out from under her shoe then start yelling. Given that touch travels faster than pain we deduce that touch signals travel on Type A neurons while pain signals travel on Type C neurons.  Describe two structural features that Type A neurons have that give them the ability to send signals more quickly than Type C neurons.

After nervous stimulation of a muscle has stopped, the muscle relaxes because: