Cerebral capillaries are surrounded by ________ and glial cells and have tight junctions that create the ________.

Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).


pericytes, blood-brain barrier

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A.  agonistic. B.  antagonistic. C.  synergistic. D.  permissive.

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Even though all action potentials are the same, the brain can differentiate a variety of stimuli by source and intensity

The mechanism by which the nervous system converts these action potentials into meaningful information is called neural ________. A) integration B) coding C) facilitation D) recruitment E) pooling

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The cranial nerve that innervates smooth muscle and glands of the heart, lungs, larynx, trachea, and most abdominal organs is the ________ nerve.

A. trigeminal B. vagus C. hypoglossal D. accessory E. facial

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________ is the most common lethal inherited disease affecting people of Northern European descent

A) MRSA B) Congestive heart failure C) Cystic fibrosis D) Myasthenia gravis E) Parkinson's disease

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