Please read the numbered line story below. Based upon your knowledge and understanding of anatomy and...

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  1. Please read the numbered line story below. Basedupon your knowledge and understanding of anatomy and physiology aspresented in this course, please provide comprehensive responses toeach question presented.
    1. In one terrifying second the lights in the expansive basementfile room went dark.
    2. The young file clerk was instantly disoriented—unable to evensee her hand in front of her face.
    3. She waited a few long seconds and she was finally able to makeout the shadowy outlines of file cabinets.
    4. She then became aware of strange noises around her.
    5. Tried as she did, she was unable to discern the source of thenoises or even what they were.
    6. She decided that she had to find her way out of the shadowybasement.
    7. Though she could not see her feet, she carefully put one footin front of the other and began to walk,
    8. Her arms outstretched to avoid bumping into the filingcabinets, she slowly worked her way through the maze ofcabinets.
    9. As she continued her dark odyssey, she suddenly stopped.
    10. One of those unrecognizable noises sounded terriblyfamiliar.
    11. The sound of labored breathing, dragging chains, and a gaitcharacterized by a terribly dragging foot on the cold concretefloor, a low moaning growl, menacingly whispering her name.
    12. She is now outside in a thick forest.
    13. Running as fast as she can the sounds of chains and moaningracing behind her.
    14. Her heart is pounding, eyes wide, a heightened sense of terrorbegins to consume her but she continues to run.
    15. Her legs begin to ache.
    16. It is becoming harder and harder to keep up the pace.
    17. The menacing sounds of chains and moaning is getting closer andcloser.
    18. Finally, she can run no more.
    19. She falls to the ground.
    20. As she is breathing heavily, gasping for air, the terrifyingsounds of her pursuer get closer and closer.
    21. She feels vibration of the ground decrease as the monster seemsto move away from her.
    22. She calms, she begins planning her next moves...but then thevibrations increase
    23. She braces herself for the worst. And then…
    24. her five year old son jumps onto the bed…”Mommy it’s time toget up!!”
    25. It was just a nightmare.

QUESTION 1

  1. Please list and discuss the rationale for theunderlined portion of line 20.

    QUESTION 2

  2. Line 7 refers to the woman’s ability to functionallymove her limbs even though she could not see. Please discuss theneurological specializations that make this possible.

    QUESTION 3

  3. Please discuss the division of the peripheral nervoussystem most likely critically active in the underlined portion ofline 22.

    QUESTION 4

  4. Please describe the neural pathway (from PNS to CNS)that makes line 21 possible.

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