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Vertebrate and Insect Innervation
Each fiber in the muscles of vertebrate animals receives innervation by a single motor ... For vertebrate muscles, each motor neuron contacts the fiber at a ...
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Neuronal Information Transfer
Counterpoint to temporal summation, in spatial summation, the information input (action potential frequency) in a number of presynaptic neurons arrives ...
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Peptide Hormone Signal Transduction via a G Protein
The hormonal products of neuro-endocrine cells in the animal nervous system are usually proteins or peptides. Protein and peptide hormones can be large ...
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Peptide Hormone Signal Transduction via a G Protein
This animation demonstrates the sequence of biochemical events for a hypothetical peptide hormone that stimulates a depolarization in the cell membrane as ...
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Peptide Hormone Signal Transduction via a G Protein
This animation demonstrates the sequence of biochemical events for a hypothetical peptide hormone that stimulates a depolarization in the cell membrane as ...
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Insect Structure and Function
The spiracles are openings in the side of the insect that allow air to enter into the respiratory system. Scene 2: Respiration. The respiratory system ...
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Welcome
Therefore, I plan to continue to develop animations of these complex processes during my retirement: (1) to maintain interest in science; (2) to contribute ...
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Welcome
I am continuing to develop Web-based tutorials that use animation to illustrate the physiological processes of insects and other animals. The physiology of ...
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Insect Structure and Function
Insects have a simple, open circulatory system. The circulatory system consists of a dorsal vessel running the length of the body. ...
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Neuron Structure
A sensory neuron innervates a sense receptor, which is a structure modified to detect a specific form of sensory stimulus. A sensory stimulus can be light ...
