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Pages 49-57 Test Flashcards

1
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Spinal Cord

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Tissues connecting the brain to the back

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2
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Ganglion

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Structure with a number of nerve cell bodies

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3
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The human body was designed by the Creator God and it is more than just a collection of ______.

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Chemicals

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4
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Without the ________ cord the brain would be unable to receive sensory info from your body or tell your body what to do

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Spinal

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5
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ALS

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Nervous system disease affecting nerve cells in the brain

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6
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (als) is aka Lou ________ disease.

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Gehrig’s

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7
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The dorsal root ganglion contains the cell bodies of sensory _______.

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Nerves

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8
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Peripheral nervous system

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Part of nervous system outside central nervous system

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9
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Olfactory (I) nerves

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Related to smell

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10
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Optic (II) nerves

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Relating to vision

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11
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Bell’s palsy

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Muscle weakness on 1 side of the face

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12
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The ____ nerve carries nerve impulses for vision

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Optic

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13
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Bell’s palsy is caused by inflammation of the facial nerve, usually due to a ____ infection

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Viral

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14
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Carpal tunnel syndrome

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Median nerve is pressed at wrist

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15
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Shingles

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Painful inflammation of nerve

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16
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Reflex

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Automatic action of organ or muscle

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17
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With an _____ reflex you remain unaware of what happened

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Autonomic

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18
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Neurons of the somatic motor system form networks of fibers called _______, each located near the effector organ or region it serves.

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Plexuses

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19
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The sympathetic nervous system is called the “ _____ or flight” system

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Fight

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20
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Mechanoreceptors

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Sense mechanical stress, like pressure

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21
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Chemoreceptors

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Special cells sensitive to changes in chemical or substance

22
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Photoreceptors

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Contained in retina of eye and senses light

23
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Thermorecptors

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Respond to temperature changes

24
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The special senses are taste sight smell hearing and ____

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Balance

25
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If English odorant molecules trigger the ______ cell an impulse is sent down the entire length of the neuron

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Receptor

26
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Fungiform papillae

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Mushroom shaped and scattered along the surface of the tongue

27
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Umami

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Taste produced by amino acids

28
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Our ability to taste depends on our ability to detect, then react to certain ________ in our environment

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Chemicals

29
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Taste ___ are found in the side walls of the foliate and circumvallate papillae

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Buds

30
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Tympanic membrane

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A.k.a. eardrum, vibrate when sound hits it, and it’s boundary between entering the middle ear 

31
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Cochlea

A

Spiral chamber made of bone, snail shell

32
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The external auditory canal is a tube through which sound waves move towards the tympanic membrane (_____) 

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Eardrum

33
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The ________  that start on the eardrum, are going to be transmitted to the hammer, then to the anvil, then to the stirrup and to the oval window 

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Vibrations

34
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Sound

A

Series of vibrations

35
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Hearing

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Ability to convert sound waves to action potentials to be transmitted to the brain

36
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Vertigo

A

Sensation of moving, when not actually moving; dizziness

37
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Labyrinthitis

A

Inflammation of inner ear

38
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When we hear something we are sensing sound _______ from the environment 

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Waves

39
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The greater the_____ the louder, the sound

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Amplitude

40
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The loud of the sound reaching the tympanic membrane the _______ the membrane is pushed while vibrates

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Farther

41
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When the tympanic membrane vibrates causes movement in 3 _____ of the middle ear

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Bones

42
Q

The basilar membrane is ______ to respond to different frequencies along the length

A

Tuned

43
Q

Corneal abrasion

A

Scratch on eye

44
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Glaucoma

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Drainage canal is blocked because too much fluid stays in the eye and damages the optic nerve

45
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Cataract

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Clouding of lens of eye

46
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The outer layer of the eye consist of two parts; the sclera and the ______

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Cornea

47
Q

The iris is around flat layer of smooth muscle with an opening in the middle called ______

A

Pupil

48
Q

The ____ are the receptors that are most sensitive to light. Without them, we cannot see in the light or at night

A

Rods

49
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There are three types of – – – ; blue ones which are obviously sensitive to blue light, red ones which sense, red light and green ones which detect green light

A

Cones

50
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When light passes through a transparent object, it can be bent or _____

A

Refracted

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