Flashcards in health: chpt. 16 test Deck (30):
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True/False: They cerebellum is the sight of the most conscious and intellectual activity
False
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T/F: A severe contusion can cause sweeping of the brain or a coma
True
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T/F: The pituitary gland regulates and controls the activities of the other endocrine glands
True
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T/F: Insulin decreases blood sugar levels
True
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T/F: Hormones are carried to different parts of the boys through the blood stream
True
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T/F: The cerebrum is concerned mainly with maintaining posture balance and muscle movement
False
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T/F: The Parasympathetic system opposes the actions of the sympathetic by slowing down its body functions
True
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T/F: Endocrine glands secretes substances into ducts to different parts of your body
False
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T/F: The adrenal glands are located below the larynx in the front of the neck
False
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T/F: In humans the left hemisphere of the cerebrum has different functions than right
True
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The nerve cells that carry signals from the CNS to the muscles
Motor neurons
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The part of the brain mainly responsible for speaking/language
Left side
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Part of the peripheral nervous system that prepares body for fight or flight
Sympathetic nervous system
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What is a degenerative nerve disorder that destroys your myelin sheath
Parkinson's disease
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Quadropledia results from...
Lower body spinal damage
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Sex hormones are produced in what part of the pituitary gland
Intermediate lobe
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The gland that produces a hormone to maintain blood volume and pressure
Adrenal glands
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Goiter is an enlargement of the...
Thyroid gland
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The gland that releases emergency hormones into the blood to increase heart actions and respiration
Adrenal glands
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Endocrine disorder in which the pancreas produces little or no insulin
Diabetes
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A disorder of the nervous system that is characterized by recurrent seizures—sudden episodes of uncontrolled electrical activity to the brain
Epilepsy
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Ovaries and testie
Gonads
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Chemical substances produced by ductless glands that regulate the activities of different body cells
Hormones
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Nerve cells
Neurons
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A group of non-progressive neurological disorders that are the result of damage to the burn before birth, during birth, in the newborn period, or in early childhood
Cerebral Palsy
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Structures that produce parathyroid hormones, which regulate the body's calcium and phosphorous balance
Parathyroid gland
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Spontaneous response of the body to a stimulus
Reflex
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Gland that serves two systems—the digestive and endocrine
Pancreas
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3 inch long stalk of nerve cells and fibers that connects the spinal cord to the rest of the brain
Brain stem
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