Skeletal system

... like us, they would not be able to support the sophisticated pulmonary system that helps enable flight. “This is fundamental to bird physiology,” ... have allowed a similar pulmonary system. But the evidence shows that skeletal differences—including a mobile femur— meant dinosaurs couldn’t have ...

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... reflex. there is no situation I can think of when the autonomic nervous system would control skeletal muscles.

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... This is a nice example to the activity of the autonomic nervous system. I'm more confused about involuntary skeletal muscle contraction during withdrawal reflex. That I would say is also an autonomic ...

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... and autonomic divisions. If I'm right, it means: somatic nervous system ALWAYS receives the stimulus from outside of the organism and ALWAYS controls skeletal muscles; autonomic nervous system ALWAYS receives stimuli from inside of the organism, ...

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... motor neurons. After correct positioning in the developing nervous system, the motor neurons need to form connections with their target cells. ... in the growth cone, direct the growth of the axon towards its target skeletal muscle. Long range cues are usually diffusible signals while short ...

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