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Page 374
3.2.7 Motor, the subsystem which moves the organism or parts of it in relation to
part or all of its environment or moves components of its environment in relation
to one another. 3.2.7.1 Structure The endoplasm of slime molds is a component
of ...
3.2.7 Motor, the subsystem which moves the organism or parts of it in relation to
part or all of its environment or moves components of its environment in relation
to one another. 3.2.7.1 Structure The endoplasm of slime molds is a component
of ...
Page 412
Simple conditioning and conditioned avoidance responses definitely can occur in
decorticate laboratory animals, but trial-and-error learning requires the cortex.
180 In higher primates, including man, fine motor control depends upon the ...
Simple conditioning and conditioned avoidance responses definitely can occur in
decorticate laboratory animals, but trial-and-error learning requires the cortex.
180 In higher primates, including man, fine motor control depends upon the ...
Page 425
Alpha motor neurons in the ventral-horn motor nuclei of the spinal cord, for
example, receive information inputs from internal transducers in the muscles
which they innervate (see pages 375 and 376), from tendons and joints, from the
skin of ...
Alpha motor neurons in the ventral-horn motor nuclei of the spinal cord, for
example, receive information inputs from internal transducers in the muscles
which they innervate (see pages 375 and 376), from tendons and joints, from the
skin of ...
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Contents
Tables of the Critical Subsystems | xi |
Preface to the First Edition | xxvii |
Outline of Chapters 3 4 and 6 through 12 | xxxvii |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Living systems |
| Author | James Grier Miller |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | University Press of Colorado, 1995 |
| ISBN | 0870813633, 9780870813634 |
| Length | 1102 pages |
| Subjects | › › › Biological systems Science / Life Sciences / Biology / General Science / System Theory Social Science / General Social systems System theory |
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