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Nervous System notes
Nervous System Disorders
Question | Answer |
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Carries impulses towards the nerve cell body | dendrite |
Carries impulses away from the cell body | axon |
Speeds nerve conduction along the fiber and also prevents the jumping of electrical impulses from one fiber to another; insulated | myelin sheath |
A progressive degenerative disorder of the brain causing memory loss, personality changes and eventually death | Alzheimer's disease |
A progressive condition that destroys motor neurons in the central and peripheral nervous systems, leading to atrophy of voluntary muscles; also called Lou Gehrig's disease | Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
A form of temporary paralysis resulting from damage or trauma to one of the two facial nerves, or the seventh facial nerve. | Bell's palsy |
The classic debilitating "clinical depression" | Major depressive disorder |
Also called manic depression, it is marked by mood swings from major depression to mania | Bipolar disease |
This type of depression is associated with the absence of sunlight | Seasonal affective disorder |
The most common type of headache most people experience due to muscular tension, bony misalignment, or mayofascial pain syndrom | Tension type headache |
A potentially debilitating disease in which your body's immune system eats away at the myelin sheath of the nerves, resulting in nerve damage | Multiple sclerosis |
This nervous system disorder is characterized by tremors and slowing or freezing of movements | Parkinson disease |