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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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
When the effects of one hormone reinforce the activity of another hormone on the same target cell, the interaction is said to be
A. agonistic. B. antagonistic. C. synergistic. D. permissive.
________ 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
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