Chapter 13: Nervous System and Psychologic Disorders Flashcards
1
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sensory receptors are called
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afferent
2
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motor receptors are called
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efferent
3
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Two parts of the nervous system
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central and peripheral
4
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involuntary part of the nervous system
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autonomic nervous system
5
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voluntary part of the nervous system
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somatic nervous system
6
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two types of cells of the nervous system
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neurons and neuroglial (glial) cells
7
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parts of a neuron
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dendrites, soma (cell body), axon hillock, axon, myelin sheath, nodes of ranvier, neurilemma
8
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aut/o
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self
9
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cerebell/o
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cerebellum
10
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cerebr/o, encephal/o
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brain
11
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cervic/o
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neck
12
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coccyg/o
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coccyx
13
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crani/o
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skull
14
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dendr/o
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tree
15
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dur/o
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dura mater
16
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gli/o
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neuroglia or a sticky substance
17
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lumb/o
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lower back
18
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mening/o
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meninges (made up of dura mater, arachnoid and pia mater)
19
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ment/o, psych/o
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mind
