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What is a major difference between the somatic and autonomic nervous systems?
one is inherited, the other is learned |
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one controls voluntary activity, one controls involuntary activity |
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each belongs to a different nervous system |
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one controls thinking, the other controls feeling |
Both are part of the peripheral nervous system. The somatic nervous system sends sensory information to the central nervous system and controls voluntary actions while the autonomic nervous system regulates involuntary activity in the heart, stomach, and intestines.
The two heart chambers that pump blood called:
atria |
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aorta |
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valves |
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ventricles |
The heart is the organ that drives the circulatory system. In humans, it consists of four chambers with two that collect blood called atria and two that pump blood called ventricles. The heart's valves prevent blood pumped out of the ventricles from flowing back into the heart.
Vector quantities are fully described by which of the following?
a direction only |
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a magnitude and a direction |
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a magnitude only |
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a direction and a polarity |
Velocity and displacement are vector quantities which means each is fully described by both a magnitude and a direction. In contrast, scalar quantities are quantities that are fully described by a magnitude only. A variable indicating a vector quantity will often be shown with an arrow symbol: \(\vec{v}\)
The rows of the Periodic Table of the Elements are called:
shells |
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periods |
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groups |
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families |
The rows of the Periodic Table are called periods and contain elements that have the same number of electron shells ordered from lower to higher atomic number.
The brain and spinal cord make up the __________ nervous system.
central |
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autonomic |
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peripheral |
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somatic |
The nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord (central nervous system) and the peripheral nervous system which is the network of nerve cells (neurons) that collect and distribute signals from the central nervous system throughout the body.