Identify the components in a muscle unit and explain how they are recruited during a contraction and how muscle tension and fatigue are generated in skeletal muscle.
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Discuss one specific subdivision of the nervous system and provide examples of its general locations.
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Describe how arterial pCO2 changes during a) hyperventilation, and b) breathing into a paper bag. How would you expect your body to compensate for these changes in pCO2 through breathing afterward?
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what is the relationship between an antigen and an antibody and the immune response in individuals who suffer from allegries
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Using diagrams, compare and contrast the anatomy of Sympathetic and Parasympathetic autonomic pathways of the peripheral nervous system. What characteristics are shared? Where do ganglia occur, and what neurotransmitters and receptors are present at the ganglionic and postganglionic synapses?
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Please summarize (1-2 pages )
Chapter 1. Physical Activity Behaviors: Steps, Bouts, and High
Intensity Training
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There are various specialized organs and glands all through the body which require their own specialized nutrition and oxygen supplies for the same reasons as the heart muscle — every aspect of their functions influence the functions of other organs and glands. It is all interconnected in one way or another? True or False
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explain the physiology of the pancreas in detail
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Explain why inborn defects of glycolytic metabolism kill MATURE red blood cells, leading to hemolytic anemia.. Note, other body cells somehow cope with these defects.
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Assume that two individuals (A and B) develop the same type of cancer. Both individuals are given the best treatment found to be effective against cancer. Individual A responds well to treatment, while individual B does not. Using what you have learned, provide a specific type of cancer and an explanation for why there was a difference in response to treatment
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Compare and contrast how stress can be both good and bad in relation to training.
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Briefly explain how the evolution of the sickle cell allele is an example of human biocultural evolution
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Where in the body are the following muscle fiber types found:
Slow Oxidative (Type I)
Fast Oxidative (Type IIA)
Fast Glycolytic fibers (Type IIB)
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