BIOL 4330- Final Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 101 pages long!)
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Lecture 9: heart and vasculature moving onto the pulmonary system (toughest exam because of all the things that are going on, overview of what we are discussing and the functional system of the heart. Lecture 9 factors released from hypothalamus will affect the systemic hormone release from anterior pituitary regulates hormones by autonomic systems in the brain. Lecture 9: outer fibrous connective tissue layer smaller than arteries, small bit of smooth muscle, much larger internal diameter little bit of elastic fibers, much lower pressure. What is cardiac muscle or myocardium: found only in the heart (bulk of the heart walls, shares structural similarities to skeletal muscle, contractile units. Lecture 9: key visual differences is the presence of the bifurcated cells. Lecture 10: spiral configuration, to allow ventricular contraction that is in a wringing motion, unlike skeletal muscle, which is straight.
