What is the function of the Golgi Tendon Organ?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Forces a muscle to relax completely to avoid injury to the muscle

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The nervous system employs exclusively electrical means to send messages, whereas the endocrine system communicates by means of chemical messengers.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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The force per unit area that blood places on the inside wall of a blood vessel

A. is greater during diastole. B. is greater in the inferior vena cava than in the common iliac vein. C. is called the pulse. D. is called the blood pressure. E. increases the further the vessel is from the heart.

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A male with 5 alpha-reductase deficiency will have male internal sex organs, but more female appearing external genitals.

Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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Permissiveness occurs when one hormone causes the loss of another hormone's receptors, reducing the effectiveness of the second hormone

a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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