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(a) Describe the location of the reticular formation in the brain. (b) What does RAS mean, and what is its function?
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(a) Localize the reticular formation in the brain. (b) What does RAS mean, and what is its function?
Which statement regarding neurotransmission through myelinated and unmyelinated neurons is true?
a.) Neurotransmissin takes place in myelinated neurons but not unmyelinated neurons.
b.) Neurotransmission is generally faster in myelinated neurons than in unmyelinated neurons.
c.) Neurotransmisson is generally faster in unmyelinated neurons than in myelinated neurons.
d.) Neurotransmission takes place in unmyelinated neurons but not in myelinated neurons.
Which of the choices below describe the ANS?
A) Sensory and motor neurons that supply the digestive tract
B) Motor fibers that conduct nerve impulses from the CNS to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands.
C) Sensory neurons that convey information from somatic receptors in the head, body wall, and limbs and from receptors from the special senses of vision, hearing, taste, and smell to the CNS.
D) sensory and motor neurons that supply the digested tract what
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