Anatomy & Physiology (6th Edition)
6th Edition
ISBN: 9780134156415
Author: Elaine N. Marieb, Katja N. Hoehn
Publisher: PEARSON
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Chapter 13, Problem 15MC
Nearsightedness is more properly called
a. myopia,
b. hyperopia,
c. presbyopia,
d. emmetropia.
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Anatomy & Physiology (6th Edition)
Ch. 13.1 - What are the three levels of sensory integration?Ch. 13.1 - Prob. 2CYUCh. 13.1 - Your cortex decodes incoming action potentials...Ch. 13.2 - Your PNS mostly consists of nerves. What else...Ch. 13.2 - Youve cut your finger on a broken beaker in your...Ch. 13.4 - What are tears and what structure secretes them?Ch. 13.4 - Prob. 5CYUCh. 13.4 - Arrange the following in the order that light...Ch. 13.4 - You have been reading this book text for a while...Ch. 13.4 - Prob. 8CYU
Ch. 13.4 - For each of the following, indicate whether it...Ch. 13.4 - Which part of the visual field would be affected...Ch. 13.4 - Prob. 13CYUCh. 13.4 - Name the five taste modalities. Name the three...Ch. 13.5 - Apart from the bony boundaries, which structure...Ch. 13.5 - Which structure inside the spiral organ allows us...Ch. 13.5 - Prob. 17CYUCh. 13.5 - If the brain stem did not receive input from both...Ch. 13.5 - Prob. 19CYUCh. 13.6 - Prob. 20CYUCh. 13.6 - What is in a nerve besides axons?Ch. 13.6 - Wills femoral nerve was crushed while clinicians...Ch. 13.7 - Name the cranial nerve(s) most involved in each of...Ch. 13.8 - Prob. 24CYUCh. 13.8 - After his horse-riding accident, the actor...Ch. 13.9 - What are varicosities and where would you find...Ch. 13.10 - Which parts of the nervous system ultimately plan...Ch. 13.11 - Prob. 28CYUCh. 13.11 - Prob. 29CYUCh. 13.11 - Prob. 30CYUCh. 13.11 - Prob. 31CYUCh. 13 - The large onion-shaped receptors that are found...Ch. 13 - Proprioceptors include all of the following except...Ch. 13 - Prob. 3MCCh. 13 - Prob. 5MCCh. 13 - For each of the following muscles or body regions,...Ch. 13 - Prob. 33MCCh. 13 - Prob. 4MCCh. 13 - Match the names of the cranial nerves in column B...Ch. 13 - Prob. 8MCCh. 13 - The portion of the fibrous layer that is white and...Ch. 13 - Which sequence best describes a normal route for...Ch. 13 - Prob. 11MCCh. 13 - Damage to the medial recti muscles would probably...Ch. 13 - The phenomenon of dark adaptation is best...Ch. 13 - Blockage of the scleral venous sinus might result...Ch. 13 - Nearsightedness is more properly called a. myopia,...Ch. 13 - Of the neurons in the retina, the axons of which...Ch. 13 - Which reactions occur when a person looks at a...Ch. 13 - The blind spot of the eye is a. where more rods...Ch. 13 - Olfactory tract damage would probably affect your...Ch. 13 - Sensory impulses transmitted over the facial,...Ch. 13 - Taste buds are found on the a. anterior part of...Ch. 13 - Gustatory epithelial cells are stimulated by a....Ch. 13 - Olfactory nerve filaments are found a. in the...Ch. 13 - Conduction of sound from the middle ear to the...Ch. 13 - Which of the following statements does not...Ch. 13 - Pitch is to frequency of sound as loudness is to...Ch. 13 - The structure that allows pressure in the middle...Ch. 13 - Which of the following is important in maintaining...Ch. 13 - Equilibrium receptors that report the position of...Ch. 13 - Which of the following is not a possible cause of...Ch. 13 - Which of the following are intrinsic eye muscles?...Ch. 13 - Prob. 32MCCh. 13 - List the structural components of the peripheral...Ch. 13 - Prob. 47SAQCh. 13 - Central pattern generators (CPGs) are found at the...Ch. 13 - Prob. 48SAQCh. 13 - Explain how a crossed-extensor reflex exemplifies...Ch. 13 - What clinical information can be gained by...Ch. 13 - Prob. 46SAQCh. 13 - How do rods and cones differ functionally?Ch. 13 - Where is the fovea centralis, and why is it...Ch. 13 - Prob. 37SAQCh. 13 - Since there are only three types of cones, how can...Ch. 13 - Where are the olfactory sensory neurons, and why...Ch. 13 - (a) Define plexus. (b) Indicate the spinal roots...Ch. 13 - What is the homeostatic value of flexor reflexes?Ch. 13 - Prob. 43SAQCh. 13 - Prob. 1CCSCh. 13 - Prob. 2CCSCh. 13 - Prob. 3CCSCh. 13 - Prob. 1CCSSCh. 13 - Prob. 2CCSSCh. 13 - Prob. 3CCSSCh. 13 - Prob. 4CCSSCh. 13 - Prob. 5CCSS
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