Brainscape's Knowledge GenomeTM


Top Flashcards (Certified)
All Flashcards

Science Anatomy And Physiology > Nervous System > Flashcards

Nervous System Flashcards

(63 cards)

Start Studying
1
Q

Frontal Lobe

A

Front, associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem solving

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
2
Q

Parietal Lobe

A

Top Right, associated with movement, orientation, recognition, perception of stimuli

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
3
Q

Occipital Lobe

A

Lower Right, associated with visual processing

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
4
Q

Temporal Lobe

A

Bottom Left, associated with perception and recognition of auditory stimuli, memory, and speech

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
5
Q

Stroke

A

Lack Of Blood To The Brain, (Ischemic - Blood Clots, Hemorrhagic - Ruptured Blood Vessels, HypoTenSive - Low Blood Pressure), 2ND Most Common Cause Of Death In The US

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
6
Q

Multiple Sclerosis

A

AutoImmune Attack Of The Myelin, Slow Signals

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
7
Q

Epilepsy

A

Two Or More Unprovoked Seizures (Grand Mal Seizure - Tonic-Clonic - Tensing And Shaking, Petite Mal Seizure - Absence Seizure - Blank)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
8
Q

Brain Cancer

A

Generally Involves Glia (Support Cells) Rather Than Neurons, An UnControlled Growth Of Abnormal Cells

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
9
Q

NeuroDeGenerative Disease

A

Few Known Causes, Few Known Treatments, No Known Cure

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
10
Q

Alzheimer’s Disease

A

AD - The DeGeneration Of Brain Tissue Starting In The Medial Temporal Lobe (Hippocampus)

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
11
Q

ParkinSon’S DiSease

A

PD - The DeGeneration Of Brain Tissue In The SubStanSia Nigra (MoveMent), Leads To Tremor, Michael J Fox, MuHammed Ali

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
12
Q

AmyTroPhic Lateral Sclerosis

A

ALS - Lou GerHig’s Disease, Destruction Of Motor Neurons, Stephen Hawking

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
13
Q

Synapse

A

The Space Between Neurons

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
14
Q

NeuroTransMitter

A

Thure Chemical Messenger BeTWeen Neurons

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
15
Q

Axon

A

The Long ThreadLike Part Of A Nerve Cell That Conducts Impulses From The Cell Body To Other Cells

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
16
Q

DenDRites

A

A Short Branched ExTension Of A Nerve Cell Along Which Impulses ReCeived From Other Cells At Synapses Are Transmitted To The Cell Body

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
17
Q

Nodes Of RaNVier

A

A Gap Between Adjacent Schwann Cells

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
18
Q

MYElin

A

Sheath Around Nerve Fibers InCreaSIng The Speed At Which Impulses Are CoNDucted

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
19
Q

TerMinAl BouTonS

A

The TerMinAl At The End Of An Axon

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
20
Q

Cell Body

A

Nucleus Containing Central Part Of A Neuron

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
21
Q

NeUrOn NeTWoRK

A

NeTWoRK Of Neurons That Conduct ImPuLSES

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
22
Q

CorPus CaLLoSum

A

Band Of Nerve FiBers JoiNIng The Two HemiSPHeres Of The Brain

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
23
Q

CeREBral CoRTex

A

OutSide Layer Of The CeReBrum Of The Brain HIGHER LEVEL INTELLIGENCE

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
24
Q

CeReBRum

A

The PriNCIPLE And Most Anterior Part Of The Brain

How well did you know this?
1
Not at all
2
3
4
5
Perfectly
25
CeReBeLLUM
The Part Of The Brain At The Lower Back
26
RePTiLIaN BrAIN
LoWeR Back Of The Brain, OLDEsT Part, CoNTRolS The BoDY'S ViTAL FuNCTIONS
27
NEOCoRTEX
PART OF THE CEREBRAL CORTEX The NeWEst Part Of The Brain, CoNCeRNed With Sight And HeARINg In MaMMALS, PaRT Of The CEREBRAL CoRTEx
28
ANEURYSM
An EnLargeMent Of An ArTeRY CauSED By The WeAKENING Of An ARTERY Wall
29
STROKE
INTeRuPTED SUPPLY OF BLOOD TO THE BRAIN
30
EPILEPSY
TWO OR MORE UNPROVOKED SEIZURES
31
TUMOR
AN UNCONTROLLED GROWTH OF ABNORMAL CELLS
32
GLIAL CELLS
SURROUND NEURONS AND PROVIDE SUPPORT AND INSULATION BETWEEN THEM
33
EEG
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM, DETECTS ELECTRICLE ACTIVITY IN YOUR BRAIN
34
X RAY
A FORM OF ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WITH A VERY HIGH FREQUENCY AND ENERGY, A PHOTOGRAPH OR A DIGITAL PHOTO OF AN INTERNAL COMPOSITION OF SOMETHING
35
MEDULLA OBLONGATA
THE CONTINUATION OF THE SPINAL CORD WITHIN THE SKULL, BELLOW PONS, ABOVE SPINAL CORD
36
SPINAL CORD
CYLINDRICAL BUNDLE OF NERVE FIBERS AND ASSOCIATED TISSUE THAT IS ENCLOSED IN THE SPINE, UNDER LEFT MEDULLA OBLONGATA, UNDER RIGHT CEREBELLUM
37
PONS
THE TOP PART OF THE BRAINSTEM, ABOVE MEDULLA OBLONGATA BELOW TEMPORAL LOBE OF THE CEREBRUM
38
PITUITARY GLAND
MAJOR ENDOCRINE GLAND, PEA SIZED GLAND AT THE BASE OF THE BRAIN, ABOVE TEMPORAL LOBE OF THE CEREBRUM, BELOW FRONTAL LOBE OF THE CEREBRUM
39
AUTOIMMUNE
OF OR RELATING TO DISEASE CAUSED BY ANTIBODIES OR LYMPHOCYTES PRODUCED AGAINST SUBSTANCES NATURALLY PRESENT IN THE BODY
40
SCHWANN CELL
AROUND MYELINATED NERVE FIBER BETWEEN TWO NODES OF RANVIER
41
PHRENOLOGY
THE STUDY OF CONFORMATION OF THE SKULL BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT IT IS INDICATIVE MENTAL FACULTIES AND CHARACTER
42
LOBOTOMY
SURGICAL OPERATION INVOLVING INCISION TO THE PREFRONTAL LOBE OF THE BRAIN FORMERLY USED TO TREAT MENTAL ILLNESS
43
LOBECTOMY
SURGICAL REMOVAL OF A LOBE OF AN ORGAN
44
X RAY
HIGH FREQUENCY RADIATION PASSES THROUGH THE BODY
45
FLOUROSCIPY
X RAYS PLUS COMPUTERS - REAL TIME MOVING IMAGES
46
CAT SCAN
COMPUTED AXIAL TOMOGRAPHY - A SERIES OF X RAYS COMPILED BY A COMPUTER
47
MRI
MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, NO RADIATION, SLOW, EXPENSIVE, CREATES DETAILED IMAGES OF THE ORGANS INSIDE OF YOUR BODY
48
FMRI
FUNCTIONAL MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING, MRI, COLORS
49
PET SCAN
POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY, INJECT PATIENT WITH A RADIOTRACER THAT IS TRACKED BY COMPUTER CHECKS FOR DISEASE AND ORGANS
50
SPECT
SINGLE PHOTO EMISSION COMPUTERIZED TOMOGRAPHY, FIND SEIZURE LOCATION
51
EEG
ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM, RECORDS ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY, THROUGH SCALP, EPILEPSY, CHECK FOR BRAIN ACTIVITY
52
TRACTOGRAPHY
NEW TECHNIQUE, SHOWS NEURONAL CONNECTIONS
53
CORNEA
THE TRANSPARENT LAYER FORMING THE FRONT OF THE EYE
54
PUPIL
THE DARK CIRCULAR OPENING IN THE CENTER OF THE IRIS OF THE EYE VARYING IN SIZE TO REGULATE THE AMOUNT OF LIGHT REACHING THE RETINA
55
IRIS
A FLAT COLORED RING SHAPED MEMBRANE BEHIND THE CORNEA OF THE EYE
56
LENS
OTHER TRANSPARENT SUBSTANCE WITH CURVED SIDES FOR CONCENTRATING OR DISPERSING LIGHT RAYS
57
EYELID
EYELID
58
OPTIC NERVE
EACH OF THE SECOND PAIR OF CRANIAL NERVES TRANSMITTING IMPULSES TO THE BRAIN FROM THE RETINA AT THE BACK OF THE EYE
59
RETINA
A LAYER AT THE BACK OF THE EYEBALL CONTAINING CELLS THAT ARE SENSITIVE TO LIGHT AND THAT TRIGGER NERVE IMPULSES THAT PASS VIA THE OPTIC NERVE TO THE BRAIN
60
VITREOUS HUMOR
A TRANSPARENT JELLY LIKE TISSUE FILLING THE EYEBALL BEHIND THE LENS
61
SCLERA
THE WHITE OUTER LAYER OF THE EYEBALL AT THE FRONT OF THE EYE IT IS CONTINUOUS WITH THE CORNEA
62
SEIZURE
NEURONS FIRING OFF ALL AT THE SAME TIME
63
NAME A NEURO TRANSMITTER
DOPAMIME

Science Anatomy And Physiology (12 decks)

Brainscape helps you reach your goals faster, through stronger study habits.
© 2025 Bold Learning Solutions. Terms and Conditions