week-4 ILab

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Nervous and Endocrine System Work Sheet

 

View the following case studies on the Anatomy and Physiology place website:

Chapter 7 –Nervous System;

Chapter 8- Special Senses

Chapter 9 – Endocrine

Try to answer the questions in the case study and be sure to check the correct answers!  However you will not need to submit your answers to these questions, only the questions on the worksheet ( see below).

Submit your answers as a word document to the Week 4 dropbox

 

1. Define a reflex and list the components of a reflex arc.

 

2. Describe the events of an action potential.

 

3. What is presbyopia? 

 

4. Distinguish between myopia and hyperopia.

 

5. Describe  the feedback loop responsible for regulating blood glucose levels.  What illness results if this system no longer functions properly?