Explain why your nose runs during and immediately after a good cry

What will be an ideal response


The tears flow into the lacrimal canaliculi and then into the nasolacrimal sac. As the sac fills, the tears begin to run down the nasolacrimal duct and out your nose.

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a. true b. false

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The vertebral processes that are most easily palpated along the midline of the back are the ________ processes.

A. inferior articular B. superior articular C. spinous D. transverse E. lamellar

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In the diagram of skin shown below, where is the arrector pili muscle?

a) C b) D c) E d) F e) G

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Spinal reflexes bring about sympathetically induced vasodilation of arterioles during sexual arousal

Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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