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1. What is the function of sensory neurons?

Sensory neurons transmit sensory information from sensory receptors (like the skin, eyes, or ears) to the central nervous system (CNS) for processing.

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30. What is one symptom of an arrhythmia?

Shortness of breath

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40. Building Health Skills: Communicating- Develop an analogy to explain hypertension to a younger sibling. Answer: Hypertension is similar to plaque on your teeth and that it is important to keep them clean, so it doesn’t end up becoming a cavity.

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8. What is the role of the central        nervous system?  List the three main areas of the brain.

The role of the central nervous system is the control center of the body. It includes the brain and spinal cord.

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3. Why is it so important to protect your nervous system from injury?

Movement, balance, and coordination are examples of voluntary and involuntary functions. Most other body systems, such as blood flow and blood pressure, are also regulated by the nervous system. The ability to reason and think. You can be awake and have emotions, memories, and language thanks to the nervous system.

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15. List the glands of the endocrine system.

Answer: There is the thyroid gland, parathyroid gland, pituitary gland, thymus gland, and adrenal gland.

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What is a neutron? The neutron is a subatomic particle, symbol n or n⁰ , which has a neutral charge, and a mass slightly greater than that of a proton.

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39.Critical Thinking: Why is it important to know your family’s history of cardiovascular disease?

It is important to know this kind of information to help prevent yourself from those diseases. You would know how to lower chances of the disease continuing in your blood line.

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5. Connect to Life: What activities do you participate in that carry a risk of head or spinal cord injury?

Some activities that I participate in that can risk the chance of a serious injury is playing soccer and working out.

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2. How does the peripheral nervous system connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body?

The peripheral nervous system includes the network of nerves that connects the rest of your body to your brain and spinal cord.

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7. What is a neutron?  Name the three types of neurons and describe the function of each.

A neutron is a subatomic particle of about the same mass as a proton but without an electric charge, present in all atomic nuclei except those of ordinary hydrogen.

Sensory neurons -help you taste, smell, hear, see and touch

Motor neurons- help with voluntary and involuntary movements

Interneurons- are found in the brain and spinal cord

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1. What is the function of sensory neurons?

Answer: The functions of the sensory neurons are to store information about your external and internal environment gathered by sensory neurons through your sense organs or other parts of your body.