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Structure 183 Somatosensation 232
Stress–Relaxation 183
Pain 232
VetBooks.ir Contraction and Relaxation 184 Proprioception 233
Role and Sources of Calcium 184
Touch 234
Action Potentials and Slow Waves 185 Visceral Sensations 234
Autonomic Innervation 186 Chemical Senses 234
Cardiac Muscle 187 Gustation 234
Excitation and Contraction 187 Olfaction 235
Cardiac Hypertrophy 188 Hearing and Balance 236
External Ear 236
Chapter 10 Middle Ear 238
Internal Ear 238
Anatomy of the Nervous System 189 Physiology of Hearing 239
Microscopic Neuroanatomy 192 Mechanisms of Balance 242
Embryology 194 Vision 245
Central Nervous System 197 Ocular Adnexa 245
Brain 197 Globe 247
Meninges 200 Lens 250
Spinal Cord 202 Visual Field and Light Path 251
Peripheral Nervous System 205 Visual Pathways of the Brain 251
Spinal Nerves 205
Cranial Nerves 206
Autonomic Nervous System 206 Chapter 13
Sympathetic Nervous System 208 Endocrinology 253
Parasympathetic Nervous System 211 Hormones and Their Receptors 254
Enteric Nervous System 212 Chemical Classes of Hormones 254
Eicosanoids 255
Chapter 11 Hormone Receptors 256
Physiology of the Nervous System 213 Cellular Effects of Peptide
Functional Regions of the Neuron 214 Hormones 256
Physiology of the Nerve Impulse 214 Cellular Effects of Steroid and Thyroid
Conduction Velocity and Myelination 216 Hormones 259
Synaptic Transmission 217 Negative and Positive Feedback
Neurotransmitters 220 Regulation 259
Neural Control of Skeletal Muscle 221 Hypothalamopituitary Axis 260
Reflexes Involving Skeletal Muscle Hormones of the Neurohypophysis 262
Contraction 222 Hormones of the Adenohypophysis 263
Voluntary Movement 223 Growth Hormone 263
Physiology of the Autonomic Nervous Adrenocorticotropic Hormone 264
System 224 Thyroid‐Stimulating Hormone 265
Regulation of Autonomic Nervous System Other Endocrine Glands 268
Activity 224 Parathyroid Glands 268
Autonomic Neurotransmitters and Their Pancreatic Islets 270
Receptors 226 Epiphysis (Pineal Gland) 271
Regeneration and Repair in the Nervous
System 227 Chapter 14
The Integument 273
Chapter 12
Integument 274
Sense Organs 229 Skin 274
Sensory Receptors 230 Epidermis 274