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From: "Human Potential & Development."
Split Justification: Development fundamentally involves both our inner landscape (**Internal World**) and our interaction with everything outside us (**External World**). (Ref: Subject-Object Distinction)..
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From: "Internal World (The Self)"
Split Justification: The Internal World involves both mental processes (**Cognitive Sphere**) and physical experiences (**Somatic Sphere**). (Ref: Mind-Body Distinction)
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From: "Somatic Sphere"
Split Justification: The Somatic Sphere encompasses all physical aspects of the self. These can be fundamentally divided based on whether they are directly accessible to conscious awareness and subjective experience (e.g., pain, touch, proprioception) or whether they operate autonomously and beneath the threshold of conscious perception (e.g., heart rate, digestion, cellular metabolism). Every bodily sensation, state, or process falls into one of these two categories, making them mutually exclusive and comprehensively exhaustive.
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From: "Autonomic & Unconscious Somatic Processes"
Split Justification: ** All unconscious somatic processes are fundamentally regulated through either the dedicated neural pathways of the autonomic nervous system or through the intrinsic, self-regulating mechanisms of other physiological systems (e.g., endocrine, immune, cellular, local tissue systems). These two categories comprehensively cover all autonomous and unconscious bodily functions and are mutually exclusive in their primary regulatory mechanism.
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From: "Autonomic Neural Regulation"
Split Justification: Autonomic neural regulation is fundamentally divided into the sympathetic nervous system, which primarily prepares the body for action and stress responses, and the parasympathetic nervous system, which primarily facilitates rest, digestion, and energy conservation. These two branches constitute the entirety of the autonomic nervous system, operating with largely opposing effects on target organs, making them mutually exclusive and comprehensively exhaustive for covering all aspects of autonomic neural regulation.
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From: "Sympathetic Neural Regulation"
Split Justification: Sympathetic neural regulation exerts its effects through two distinct and exhaustive primary output mechanisms: either by postganglionic neurons directly releasing neurotransmitters at target cells, or by preganglionic neurons stimulating the adrenal medulla to secrete catecholamine hormones into the bloodstream for systemic action. These two mechanisms are mutually exclusive in their method of signal delivery and collectively account for all sympathetic regulatory processes.
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From: "Direct Sympathetic Neurotransmission"
Split Justification: All direct sympathetic neurotransmission by postganglionic neurons fundamentally involves the release of one of two primary neurotransmitters: norepinephrine (which mediates the vast majority of sympathetic effects) or acetylcholine (which is released by sympathetic fibers innervating sweat glands and a few other specific targets). These two categories are mutually exclusive, as a given neuron releases one or the other, and comprehensively exhaustive, covering all known instances of direct sympathetic neurotransmission.
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From: "Cholinergic Direct Sympathetic Neurotransmission"
Split Justification: All direct cholinergic sympathetic neurotransmission by postganglionic neurons primarily targets one of two distinct tissue types: exocrine glands (predominantly sweat glands, mediating thermoregulation) or specific smooth muscle tissues (such as vascular smooth muscle in skeletal muscle, mediating vasodilation). These two categories comprehensively cover the known primary target tissues for this specific neurotransmission pathway and are mutually exclusive in their anatomical and physiological effects.
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From: "Cholinergic Direct Sympathetic Neurotransmission to Vascular Smooth Muscle"
Split Justification: ** All instances of cholinergic direct sympathetic neurotransmission targeting vascular smooth muscle exert their ultimate effect on smooth muscle tone through one of two fundamentally distinct pathways: either the neurotransmitter acts on receptors located on adjacent endothelial cells, which then release secondary mediators that diffuse to and act upon the smooth muscle cells (endothelium-dependent), or the neurotransmitter acts directly on receptors located on the vascular smooth muscle cells themselves (endothelium-independent). These two mechanisms are mutually exclusive in their primary site of receptor activation leading to the observed physiological effect and comprehensively exhaust all possible routes by which this specific neurotransmission can modulate vascular smooth muscle.
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From: "Endothelium-Independent Cholinergic Direct Sympathetic Neurotransmission to Vascular Smooth Muscle"
Split Justification: All instances of endothelium-independent cholinergic direct sympathetic neurotransmission to vascular smooth muscle ultimately result in one of two fundamentally opposing physiological effects on the vessel's diameter: either a reduction (vasoconstriction) due to smooth muscle contraction or an increase (vasodilation) due to smooth muscle relaxation. These two outcomes are mutually exclusive for any given event of neurotransmission and comprehensively exhaust all possible direct modulatory effects on vascular smooth muscle tone.
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From: "Endothelium-Independent Cholinergic Direct Sympathetic Neurotransmission to Vascular Smooth Muscle Leading to Vasodilation"
Split Justification: All endothelium-independent cholinergic direct sympathetic neurotransmission leading to vasodilation ultimately achieves smooth muscle relaxation through one of two fundamental and distinct cellular mechanisms: either by reducing the concentration of free calcium ions within the cell, which are critical for muscle contraction, or by decreasing the responsiveness of the contractile machinery to the available intracellular calcium. These two mechanisms are mutually exclusive in their primary point of action within the cell's signaling pathways and comprehensively account for all possible ways vascular smooth muscle can relax, thereby fully covering the scope of vasodilation in this context.
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From: "Vasodilation via Decreased Calcium Sensitivity of Contractile Proteins"
Split Justification: ** The phosphorylation state of myosin light chain (MLC), which primarily determines the calcium sensitivity of vascular smooth muscle contraction, is regulated by the opposing actions of Myosin Light Chain Kinase (MLCK) and Myosin Light Chain Phosphatase (MLCP). A decrease in calcium sensitivity, leading to vasodilation, must fundamentally arise from a shift in this balance towards dephosphorylation. This can occur through two distinct and mutually exclusive enzymatic mechanisms: either by increasing the activity of MLCP to enhance MLC dephosphorylation, or by decreasing the activity or calcium-calmodulin sensitivity of MLCK, thereby reducing MLC phosphorylation for a given calcium concentration. These two pathways comprehensively account for all direct enzymatic means by which the calcium sensitivity of contractile proteins can be decreased.
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Topic: "Vasodilation via Enhanced Myosin Light Chain Phosphatase Activity" (W6085)