Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology (12th Edition)
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ISBN: 9780134652665
Author: Marieb
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 8, Problem 25SAE
Many students struggling through mountains of reading assignments are told that they need glasses for eyestrain. Why is it more of a strain on the extrinsic and intrinsic muscles to look at close objects than at far objects?
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Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology (12th Edition)
Ch. 8 - Prob. 1MCCh. 8 - Alkaloids excite gustatory hairs mostly at the a....Ch. 8 - Prob. 3MCCh. 8 - Which cranial nerve controls contraction of the...Ch. 8 - The cornea is nourished by a. corneal blood...Ch. 8 - When the eye focuses for far vision, a. the lens...Ch. 8 - Convergence a. requires contraction of the medial...Ch. 8 - 8. Which of the following are paired...Ch. 8 - Movement of the ______ membrane triggers bending...Ch. 8 - 10. Sounds entering the external acoustic meatus...
Ch. 8 - Prob. 11SAECh. 8 - Prob. 12SAECh. 8 - 13. Diagram and label the internal structures of...Ch. 8 - Prob. 14SAECh. 8 - Prob. 15SAECh. 8 - 16. What is the blind spot, and why is it so...Ch. 8 - What name is given to the structure that controls...Ch. 8 - What is the fovea centralis, and why is it...Ch. 8 - 19. Trace the pathway of light from the time it...Ch. 8 - Prob. 20SAECh. 8 - 21. Define hyperopia, myopia, and emmetropia.
Ch. 8 - Prob. 22SAECh. 8 - Prob. 23SAECh. 8 - Prob. 24SAECh. 8 - Many students struggling through mountains of...Ch. 8 - Prob. 26SAECh. 8 - Prob. 27SAECh. 8 - Prob. 28SAECh. 8 - Prob. 29SAECh. 8 - Prob. 30SAECh. 8 - Prob. 31SAECh. 8 - Prob. 32SAECh. 8 - Prob. 33SAECh. 8 - Which special sense requires the most learning?Ch. 8 - 35. For each of the following descriptions,...Ch. 8 - An engineering student has been working in...Ch. 8 - Prob. 37CTCh. 8 - Prob. 38CTCh. 8 - Brandon suffered a ruptured artery in his middle...Ch. 8 - Prob. 40CTCh. 8 - Prob. 41CTCh. 8 - 42. Julie and her father love to find the...Ch. 8 - Prob. 43CTCh. 8 - 44. Mrs. Garson has an immune disorder that causes...Ch. 8 - Prob. 45CTCh. 8 - Explain the role of vitamin A in vision.
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