Nervous System

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T or F an axon of a motor neuron would transmit an impulse to a muscle

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T

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CVA

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Cerebrovascular accident

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Cochlea (ear) is a motor neuron

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F

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T or F Spinal cord extends to the third thoracic vertebrae

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F

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Encephal

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Brain

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Plegia

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Paralysis

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Neuro

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Nerve

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Mening

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Meninges

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Myel

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Spinal cord

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Olig

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Few

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The eye is considered part of what system ?

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PNS

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What is the chemical name for adrenaline?

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Epinephrine

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The nervous system is integrated with the _____ system

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Endocrine

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What is the scientific name for a nerve cell?

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Neuron

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What part of the diencephalon controls the pituitary gland ?

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Hypothalamus

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What is the largest part of the brain?

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Cerebrum

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A bundle of nerve fibers located within the CNS are called a ?

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Tract

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What is a branch of the spinal nerve that is attached to the spinal cord called?

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Root

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What is the most highly evolved portion of the brain?

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Cerebral cortex

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What produces CSF?

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Choroid plexus

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What is a network of nerve branches called?

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Plexus

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The outermost membrane of the myelin sheath is the ?

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Neurilemma

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What is myelophthisis?

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Atrophy of the spinal cord

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What part of the NS controls skeletal muscle?

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Somatic

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Brain and spinal cord

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CNS

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Cranial and spinal nerves

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PNS

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The PNS consists of __ pairs of cranial nerves and __ pairs of spinal nerves

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12 cranial and 31 spinal

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This system initiates voluntary responses

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Somatic

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The autonomic system regulates involuntary functions to maintain ?

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Homeostasis

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This system initiates involuntary responses

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Autonomic

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The PNS is broken down into what?

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The somatic NS and the autonomic NS

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The autonomic NS is broken down into

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Sympathetic and parasympathetic

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System that prepares the body to deal with emergencies

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Sympathetic

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Coordinates activity of entire NS

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Central nervous system

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What makes up the myelin sheath in the CNS

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Neuroglia

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What system restores homeostatic balance?

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Parasympathetic

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Space between two neurons is known as a

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Synapse

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What is located at the end of each axon allowing nerve impulses to pass from one neuron to another

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Neurotransmitter

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In the PNS myelin sheath is produced by

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Schwann cells

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In the CNS melon sheath is produced by

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Neuroglia

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Tiny gaps in completed sheaths called ____ speed conduction

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Nodes

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Sensory neurons are also known as

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Afferent

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Motor neurons are also known as

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Efferent

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Interneurons are found only in the

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CNS

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Chemical released at a synapse

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Acetylcholine

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What is a reflex arc ?

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A complete pathway through the NS

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A muscle or gland which responds to a motor neuron is an

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Effector

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Hard outermost protective layer

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Dura mater

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Weblike middle layer

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Arachnoid

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Soft innermost layer that carried blood supply to the brain

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Pia mater

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An elevation on the surface of the brain

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Gyrus

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A deep groove

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Fissure

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A shallow groove

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Sulcus

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Lobe that controls voluntary muscles, motor area, speech and writing

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Frontal

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Lobe that controls sensory functions: pain, touch, temp and estimation of: distance, size, shape

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Parietal

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Lobe that controls hearing, smell, taste, and language input

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Temporal

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Controls vision, involved in communication, and ability to read with understanding

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Occipital

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Responsible for conscious mental processes

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Cerebrum

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Maintaining balance, equilibrium and coordination

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Cerebellum

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Part of the brain that connects with the spinal cord

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Medulla oblongata

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Part of forebrain that includes thalamus and hypothalamus

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Diencephalon

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Serves as the relay center; integration of sensory info

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Thalamus

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Maintains homeostasis

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Hypothalamus

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White fatty tissue covering a nerve fiber that acts as an electrical insulator

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Myelin

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An involuntary response to a stimulus

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Reflex

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Serves to relay impulses Between the cerebrum & cerebellum and cerebrum & medulla oblongata

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Pons

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A group of nerve cell bodies located outside the CNS

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Ganglion

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CSF

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Cerebrospinal fluid

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AD

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Alzheimer's disease

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CP

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Cerebral palsy

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MS

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Multiple sclerosis

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Progressive deterioration of a persons intellectual functioning

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Alzheimer's disease

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At birth brain damage that is permanent but not progressive, characterized by the child's lack of control of voluntary muscles

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Cerebral palsy

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Death of brain tissue; also called a stroke

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Cerebrovascular accident

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Degenerative inflammatory disease of the CNS attacking the myelin sheath of the brain and spinal cord

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Multiple sclerosis