LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this chapter, the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1.How does the organization and contraction of smooth muscle vary between tissues to best meet the functional demands in each tissue/organ? 2.What is…
Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter, the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1 What structures in cardiac muscle facilitate coordinated contraction of the cardiomyocytes, which is critical for the pumping action of the heart? 2…
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this chapter, the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1 What structures within skeletal muscle fibers participate in the longitudinal generation of force to the tendon, and which structures participate in the…
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this chapter, the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1 What are the similarities and differences in the general organizations of the parasympathetic and sympathetic systems? 2 What are the respective actions…
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this chapter, the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1 What is the basic layering pattern of the neocortex, and how do cortical inputs and outputs align with this layering pattern? What…
Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter, the student should be able to answer the following questions : 1 What is a motor neuron, and how are α and γ motor neurons different? 2 What is a motor unit? How…
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this chapter, the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1 What is the dark current, and how does the absorption of a photon change it? 2 What are the synaptic pathways for…
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this chapter, the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1 What are the major modalities of somatosensory information, and what are the corresponding pathways that convey each from the periphery to the…
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this chapter, the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1 What are the characteristics of electrical synapses? 2 What are the specializations found in the presynaptic and postsynaptic elements of a chemical…
LEARNING OBJECTIVES Upon completion of this chapter, the student should be able to answer the following questions: 1 How is a nerve membrane’s response to small-amplitude stimuli like a passive electric circuit comprising batteries, resistors, and capacitors? 2 What factors…