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Awakening from sleep involves increased activity in the reticular activating system.

Which of the following is a function of muscle tissue

Four year old Parker has been going to the health club with his dad.  Today he is showing the trainers his big muscle.  Parker flexes his forearm at the elbow and a bulge appears.  That bulge is in part due to the contraction of Parker’s

What conveys sensations of touch, conscious proprioception, pressure, and vibration to the cerebral cortex?

What is the highly branched receiving or input portions of a neuron?

Which of the following structures or regions could you clearly see when you are viewing the anterior side of an individual standing in the standard anatomical position?

What are bare dendrites associated with pain, tickle, thermal, itch, and some touch sensations? 

A patient has suffered a cerebral hemorrhage that has caused dysfunction of the precentral gyrus of his right cerebral cortex.  As a result, 

The primary somatsensory area of the cerebral cortex is located in the

Menisci are fluid-filled sacs located outside of the joint cavity to ease friction between bones and softer tissues.