Describe the four basic digestive functions: motility, secretion, digestion, and absorption
What will be an ideal response?
Motility—muscular contractions that mix and move forward the contents of the digestive tract. Secretion—the production and delivery of juices into the digestive tract, consisting of water, electrolytes, and specific organic constituents. Digestion—biochemical breakdown of structurally complex foodstuffs into smaller, absorbable units. Absorption—small units resulting from digestion, and along with water, vitamins, and electrolytes are transferred from digestive tract lumen into blood or lymph
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Sally sustained damage to some autonomic ganglia. What part of the visceral reflex arc is interrupted?
A) initiation of a motor impulse in the central nervous system (CNS) B) integration C) motor response in a target cell D) sensory reception
Which is NOT considered an accessory structure of the eye?
a) Eyelids b) Eyelashes c) Lacrimal apparatus d) Eyebrows e) Retina
The cerebellum is located in the ____________ part of the brain and is responsible for _______________.
A) anteromedial, voluntary motor functions B) inferoposterior, posture and equilibrium C) anterolateral, short- and long-term memory D) inferolateral, involuntary motor functions
The sympathetic preganglionic neuron cell bodies are housed in the ________ horn of the appropriate thoracolumbar regions of the spinal cord.
Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).