Unlike real life, pandemics in the movies often involve people turning into zombies - in which case many of us would need to run for our lives. Running for your life from zombies requires you to sense and respond to danger. Describe how your sensory, nervous, and endocrine systems would function together to help you survive a zombie apocalypse, including the specific organs, cells, tissues, molecules and/or processes involved

Unlike real life, pandemics in the movies often involve people turning into zombies - in which case many of us would need to run for our lives. Running for your life from zombies requires you to sense and respond to danger. Describe how your sensory, nervous, and endocrine systems would function together to help you survive a zombie apocalypse, including the specific organs, cells, tissues, molecules and/or processes involved

Biomedical Instrumentation Systems

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ISBN:9781133478294

Author:Chatterjee

Publisher:Chatterjee

Chapter12: Electroencephalography And Emg Instrumentation

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