The stomach may protrude superiorly through an enlarged esophageal hiatus of the diaphragm into the mediastinum, a two main kinds of a hiatal hernia •Paraesophageal hiatal hernia, which usually does not result in regurgitation of gastric contents; this type is less common•Sliding hiatal hernia...
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including massive reentrant circuits. Three sets of recent discoveries, described above, have put the systematic organization of the brain in a new light. The first is that many of the major structures of the brain are constructed
Specialized contractile organelle found in muscle tissue Microfibrils Occupy: ~80% or the sarcoplasm Microfibrils Composition: Long row of repeating segments called sacromeres Microfibrils Visible patterns: Straitions result from internal structures and organization of myofibrils Sacromere (functional unit...
- matrix: area bounded by inner membrane, site of many reactions in cell respiration Cell Wall - tough outer cell wall- protects the cell from external stimuli and desiccation- only on plant cells Centrioles - specialized type of microtubule involved in spindle organization during cell division-...
No other retinal cell type projects an axon through the optic nerve.Ganglion cells are the only retinal neurons that fire action potentials. All other retinal cells depolarize or hyperpolarize, but they do not fire action potentials. Laminar Organization of the Retina Seems inside out; light ...