PL HELPPP!! What is one way that bacteria is essential to the cycling of nitrogen in an ecosystem, helping to maintain the overall health of the ecosystem? * They release oxygen for plants to use during photosynthesis.
They fix nitrogen into a usable form for plants and animals.
They produce ammonia and nitrites for respiration.
They assimilate carbon dioxide into the soil for plants.

They assimilate carbon into the soil for plants

a motor homunculus represents a map of brain areas dedicated to motor processing for different anatomical divisions of the body.

homunculus represents the importance of various parts of your body as seen by your brain. as a result, they take up a lot of brain space. although the cortical homunculus is a curiosity, penfield's work in mapping the brain's relationship to the body was invaluable.