General anesthetics keep surgical patients unconscious by reducing activity in the

A) hippocampus.
B) medullary pyramids.
C) corpus callosum.
D) lateral ventricles.
E) reticular formation.


E) reticular formation.

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Skeletal muscles are stimulated to contract by release of the neurotransmitter ____________________

Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

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________ epithelium is the most widespread epithelium in the body, whereas ________ epithelium is rare.

A. Simple columnar; stratified columnar B. Pseudostratified; stratified squamous C. Stratified squamous; stratified columnar D. Simple cuboidal; stratified squamous E. Stratified squamous; simple squamous

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