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Nervous System

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Somno   Sleep  
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somnolent   asleep  
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Nervous System consists of   Brain, Spinal Cord, Nerves  
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Central Nervous system (CNS)consists of   Brain, spinal cord  
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Peripheral Nervous system (PNS)- pair of what?   12 pairs of cranial nerves 31 pairs of spinal nerves  
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Ganglion   knot-like mass of nerve tissue outside of CNS  
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Afferent nerves   sensory - carries impulses from body to CNS  
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Efferent nerves   motor - carries impulses from CNS to muscles and glands  
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Dendrites   brand out of cell body like trees. Sends impulses toward cell body. Where stimulus begins.  
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Synapse   space between axon of neurons and dendrites of the next. Tells you to move.  
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aphasia   inability to communicate  
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dysphasia   difficult speech  
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gyrus   one of the folds on the brain. plural - gyri  
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hypothalmus   controls temperature, sleep and appetite.  
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syncope   fainting  
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amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)   weakening and wasting of muscle groups.Begins with hands and travels up and then to legs. Caused by decreased nerve innervation of the muscle groups.  
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anencephaly   no brain or spinal cord at birth. congenital.  
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Bell's Palsy   unilateral weakness or paralysis of the facial muscles. Causes - trauma, unknown infection or tumor.  
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carpal tunnel syndrome   pinching or compression of the median nerve within the carpal tunnel due to inflammation and swelling of the tendons. Pain greatest at night.  
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cerebrovascular accident (CVA)   stroke  
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epilepsy   Seizure  
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Multiple sclerosis (MS)   degenerative inflammatory disease of the CNS. Attacks myelin sheath in the spinal cord and brain leaving it sclerosed or scarred. Interrupts the flow of nerve impulses  
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Nerves   bundles of dendrites and axons that travel together.  
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ganglioneuroma   tumor of nerve tissue outside the brain.  
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Parkinson's disease   Degenerative. Deterioration of nerves in the brain stem's motor system. Gradual onset of symptoms.  
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Meningocele   Swelling or herniation of the meninges. Cyst-like sac covered with skin or thin membrane protruding through the bony defect in the vertebrae containing meninges and CFS.  
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meningomyelocele   hernia of spinal cord and meninges.  
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ALS   amyotrophic lateral sclerosis  
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MS   multiple sclerosis  
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CVA   cerebrovascular accident - stroke  
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Peripheral Nervous System consists of --   Afferent (sensory) and Efferent (motor). Nerves and Ganglion.  
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