Data Obtained from the Framingham Heart Study Indicate That Mortality

question 39

True/False

Data obtained from the Framingham Heart Study indicate that mortality rates for men due to coronary artery disease (CAD) exceed those for women.

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Definitions:

Tectum

Roof (area above the ventricle) of the midbrain; its functions are sensory processing, particularly visual and auditory, and the production of orienting movements.

Tegmentum

The tegmentum is a part of the brainstem involved in movement and arousal; it helps regulate many basic functions of life including awareness, and the modulation of pain.

Glial Cells

In the nervous systems, both central and peripheral, there exist cells that are not neurons but serve to protect and support neuronal cells.

Neurons

The basic working units of the brain and nervous system, cells that transmit information via electrical and chemical signals.