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Muscles use a lot of ATP. Under heightened muscle use, there is a slight lag where the respiratory and cardiovascular systems must “catch up” to provide enough oxygen to the muscles.  However, muscles can use ______ to provide a short term immediate supply of ATP.

Which of the following statements concerning vision is true?

A sarcomere is defined as the area from one _____ to the next ______.

The trapezius muscle would be innervated by which cranial nerve?

Which of the following can be used to assess brain activity?

Which of the following effects are observed in post-menopausal females (that have decreased levels of estrogen)?

Which areas of the cerebral peduncles of the midbrain are associated with Parkinson’s disease because the neurons of these areas use dopamine (DA) as their neurotransmitter?

Which of these neuroglial cells can phagocytize foreign organisms?

Which layer of skin is considered the water-proofing layer?

Smooth muscle does not have troponin. Instead, the calcium that enters smooth muscle cells binds to _______ to start the contraction process.