 | Goals and Objectives
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Understand how information is carried by the nervous system.- Describe the ionic events that take place at the nerve cell membrane.
- Explain how nerve cells carry information from one place to another.
- Describe the events that take place at the synapse.
- Explain why an impulse can go only in one direction across a synapse.
Recognize that specific functions are located in particular parts of the brain.- Explain why damage to a particular part of the brain affects a specific sensory or motor ability.
- Describe how nervous disorders can be caused by incorrect amounts of specific neurotransmitters.
Understand how the endocrine system functions.- Describe the role of receptor sites in the function of the endocrine system.
- Explain why a particular hormone affects only certain tissues.
- Explain how hormones can have long-term effects such as growth.
Appreciate how sense organs function.- Describe the kinds of environmental changes to which the various sense organs respond.
- Explain why nerve damage can impair sensory ability.
Understand how muscles are stimulated and how they contract.- Compare the functional abilities of cardiac, skeletal, and smooth muscle.
- Describe the molecular events that cause muscle contraction.
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