Nervous System Test Flashcards

(44 cards)

1
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Coronal

A

Divides front/back

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2
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Sagittal

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Divides left/right

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3
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Transverse

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Divides up/down

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4
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Brain wave activity recorded with _____ - electroencephalogram.

A

EEG

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5
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Meninges attach to _______ _______ inside cranium.

A

Crista galli

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6
Q

Nerves can be ______, ________, or _______, neurons are single use.

A

Motor, sensory, or both

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7
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True or false:
Nerves sometimes regenerate in the PNS, not the CNS

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True

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8
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Synapse definition

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Junction of nerve with other nerve, muscle, or gland

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9
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Brain=

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Cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem

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10
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Brainstem=

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Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

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11
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True or false:
Brainstem becomes spinal cord as it leaves through foramen magnum.

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True

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12
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Brainstem: crossover of motor fibers happens at ____________.

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Medulla oblongata

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13
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Gyrus= _________; sulcus= _________

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Mound; groove

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14
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Balance and coordination

A

Cerebellum

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15
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Memory and reasoning

A

Cerebrum

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16
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Alertness/awareness, activates cerebral cortex into wakefulness

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Reticular formation

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17
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Connect right and left hemispheres

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Corpus callosum

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18
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Rearrangement/recombination of nerve fibers at several levels of the spinal nerves

19
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Emotion location

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Limbic system

20
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______ is a bundle of _________

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Nerve; neurons

21
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_______= single fiber

22
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_______ connects CNS to muscles and skin

23
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_________ connects CNS to viscera

24
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__________= fight or flight
-noradrenaline is the main neurotransmitter

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_____________= bodily systems at rest, regular activity -8 phrases taken from table in assignment where you need to indicate which division responsible
Parasympathetic
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Microglial- ________ debris
Remove
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Astrocyte- _________, supply _________, and waste removal
Support; nutrients
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Oligodendrocytes- make ______ in central nervous system (CNS)
Myelin
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Ependymal cells- create _______ ______ in ventricles
Choroid plexus
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Schwann cells create myelin in ________ _________ ________ (____)
Peripheral nervous system (PNS)
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Dendrites- extensions that ______ impulses
Receive
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Axon- extension that ______ impulses
Sends
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____ ___ _______- gap between Schwann cells on myelinated axon
Node of Ranvier
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(Function of lobe) Frontal-
Memory, intelligence, reasoning, motor
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(Function of lobe) Parietal-
Sensory
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(Function of lobe) Temporal-
Speech and hearing
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(Function of lobe) Occipital-
Sight, vision
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Action potential sequence: At rest, higher _______ outside, higher _________ inside
Sodium; potassium
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Action potential sequence: Depolarization occurs when ______________________
Sodium floods inward
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Meninges: Order- outermost= ______, middle= _________, inside= ______
Dura; arachnoid; pia
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Paragraph pt. 1 Cerebrospinal fluid is made by the _________ in the ________ ventricles which are located in the __________.
Choroid plexus; lateral; cerebrum
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Paragraph pt. 2 From there is flows through the 3rd ventricle which is _________________.
Between cerebrum and brainstem
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Paragraph pt. 3 Then it flows through the 4th ventricle, _______________, then to the central canal of the spinal cord.
Between cerebellum and brainstem
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Paragraph pt. 4 From the 4th ventricle the fluid also enters the _____________, and finally is _______________.
Subarachnoid space; reabsorbed into blood