Write in the missing term(s) that completes each of the following statements: 1.

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Write in the missing term(s) that completes each of the following statements: 1. _____ monitors the position of skeletal muscles and joints. 2. The basic structural and functional units of the nervous system are individual cells called _______. 3. Any shift from the resting membrane potential toward 0 m V for a nerve is called a(n) _______. 4. The major nerve of the cervical plexus that innervates the diaphragm is the ______ nerve. 5. The folds on the surface of the cerebellum are called _______. 6. The blood vessel that supplies oxygen/nutrients to the muscles on the anterior compartment of the thigh is the ______ artery. 7. The thick muscle layer in the wall of the heart is the ___. 8. The contraction phase of the cardiac cycle is called _______. 9. The ____ are small blood vessels that carry blood to the tunica media of large arteries and veins (vessels that feed vessels). 10. The blood vessel that supplies blood to the liver, stomach, pancreas and spleen is the trunk _______ trunk. 11. The thoracic duct originates from an expanded chamber in the abdomen called the _____. 12. The proper term for quiet, normal breathing (in and out of air) is ______. 13. The lymphatic duct that drains lymph on the upper 1/4 of the body is the _______. 14. A knot of capillaries that lies within the renal corpuscle is the ______. 15. The organ that is responsible for primary water absorption in the gut is the _______.

Explanation / Answer

Answer:

1. Proprioceptors monitors the position of skeletal muscles and joints.

2. The basic structural and functional units of nervous system are individual cells called neuron.

3. Any shift from the resting membrane potential toward 0 mv for a nerve is called depolarization.

4. The major nerve of the cervical plexus that innervates the diaphragm is the phrenic nerve.

(Since there are multiple questions, the first 4 questions have been answered according to the rules of Chegg)

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