crossword puzzle Flashcards

(34 cards)

1
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neurotransmitter lacking in patients with Parkinson’s disease

A

Dopamine

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2
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skin innervated by cutaneous ranches of single spinal nerves

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Dermatomes

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3
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Fluid that fills the ventricles

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CSF (cerebral spinal Fluid)

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4
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Warns of actual or impeding tissue damage

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Pain

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5
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respond to stimuli arising in internal viscera and blood vessels

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interoceptors

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6
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Period of sleep when dreams occur

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REM

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7
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result of sodium flowing into the cell

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depolarization

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8
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Fibers that connect hemispheres with lower brain or spinal cord

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Projection

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9
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Most abundant versatile and highly branched glial cell

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astrocyte

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10
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Contain motor fibers from ventral horn motor neurons

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ventral roots

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11
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seizures in which victim losses consciouness

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Tonic-clonic

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12
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Transection in cervical region

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quadriplegia

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13
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fight-or-flight responses

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sympathetic

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14
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composed of the brain and spinal cord

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CNS

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15
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Reflexes we are born with

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Babinskis

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16
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Produces cerebral spinal fluid

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Choroid plexus

17
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Multiple sclerosis results in destruction of this in the CNS

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Myelin sheaths

18
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Neuron that contains three or more processes

19
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Neuroglial cell that lines the central nervous system and spinal column

20
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Horns that recieve somatic and visceral sensory input

21
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this period enforces one-way transmission of nerve impulses

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absolute refractory period

22
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the awareness of changes in the internal and external environment

23
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fibers that release neurotransmitter norepinephrine

24
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Part of neuron that takes information TO the cell body

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this mechanism stabilizes the resting membrane
somatosensory
26
myelin sheath gaps between adjacent schwann cells
nodes of ranvier
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in the brain, it is the outermost layer of the gray matter
cortex
28
outermost layer of meninges
Dura
29
Cause of neurotransmitter release at the axon terminal
calcium
30
receptors sensitive to pain-causing stimuli
nocicepotors
31
branching network of intersecting nerves
plexus
32
chemical destroyed in narcoleptic patients
orexins
33
effector organs include smooth muscle, glands and cardiac muscle
ANS (autonomic nervous system)
34
Junction between two neurons
synapse