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Divisions of the Autonomic Nervous System

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Name the components that generate the sympathetic and parasympathetic responses of the autonomic nervous system</li> <li>Explain the differences in output connections within the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system</li> <li>Describe the signaling molecules and receptor proteins involved in communication within the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system</li> </ul>

Resistance and Resistivity

<ul> <li>Explain the concept of resistivity.</li> <li>Use resistivity to calculate the resistance of specified configurations of material.</li> <li>Use the thermal coefficient of resistivity to calculate the change of resistance with temperature.</li> </ul>

Introduction to Religion

Tunneling

<ul> <li>Define and discuss tunneling.</li> <li>Define potential barrier.</li> <li>Explain quantum tunneling.</li> </ul>

The Central Nervous System

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Name the major regions of the adult brain</li> <li>Describe the connections between the cerebrum and brain stem through the diencephalon, and from those regions into the spinal cord</li> <li>Recognize the complex connections within the subcortical structures of the basal nuclei</li> <li>Explain the arrangement of gray and white matter in the spinal cord</li> </ul>

The Evolutionary History of the Animal Kingdom

By the end of this section, you will be able to: <ul> <li>Describe the features that characterized the earliest animals and when they appeared on earth</li> <li>Explain the significance of the Cambrian period for animal evolution and the changes in animal diversity that took place during that time</li> <li>Describe some of the unresolved questions surrounding the Cambrian explosion</li> <li>Discuss the implications of mass animal extinctions that have occurred in evolutionary history</li> </ul>