Explain the mechanisms involved when a person blushes. What structures are involved in this response?
1. Explain the mechanisms involved when a person blushes. What structures are involved in this response?
2. The thalamus has been described as a “switchboard.” Explain why, by describing the pathway of somatic sensory information from the receptors to the cerebral cortex.
3. Analytical Case Study: Princess Leia has asthma, and had to use her inhaler before taking her physiology exam. Later, in the physiology laboratory, she measured her pulse rate and blood pressure and found them to be higher than usual. The following week, after administering some drugs (epinephrine, atropine) she later developed a severe headache and dry mouth. When she looked in the mirror she noticed that her pupils were dilated.
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