Examlex
In assessing a stroke patient, you ask her to stick out (protract) her tongue. You note that it deviatestoone side. You suspect that damage to the neural control of the ________ muscle has occurred.
Preganglionic Neurons
Neurons of the autonomic nervous system that originate in the central nervous system and travel to autonomic ganglia where they synapse with postganglionic neurons.
Autonomic Ganglion
A cluster of nerve cell bodies in the autonomic nervous system that regulates involuntary functions such as heart rate and digestion.
Somatic Motor System
Part of the peripheral nervous system that transmits signals from the central nervous system to skeletal muscles, facilitating voluntary muscle movements.
Postganglionic Neuron
Autonomic neuron that has its cell body located within an autonomic ganglion and sends its axon to an effector organ.
Q10: Alever consists of<br>A) a tendon and a
Q24: The superior border of the ilium that
Q28: Identify the structure labeled "6."<br>A) autonomic nerve<br>B)
Q33: The joint between the trapezium and metacarpal
Q36: Identify the structure labeled "9."<br>A) olecranon process<br>B)
Q45: The band of collagen fibers that laterally
Q68: The ligament that surrounds the _ attaches
Q82: During repolarization of a neuron<br>A) sodium ions
Q87: What structures comprise the appendicular skeleton? (Figure
Q101: Dense fibrous connective tissue is to a