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nervous system: terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| analgesia | lack of sensitivity to pain |
| motor aphasia | inability to speak without movement |
| paresis | slight paralysis |
| quadriplegia | paralysis of all four extremities due to damage to the cervical spine |
| asthenia | no strength, weekness |
| comatose | loss of consciousness, one can't be aroused |
| paresthesia | prickling, tingling, numbness, burning for no apparent reason |
| hyperkinesis | excessive movement |
| anesthesia | no sensation or nervous feeling |
| aphasia | inability to speak |
| ataxia | lack of muscular coordination |
| dyslexia | reading, writing and learning disorders |
| hemiplegia | paralysis on half of the body |
| paraplegia | paralysis of the lower half of the body |
| axon | microscopic fiber that carries the nervous impulse along a nerve cell |
| blood-brain barrier | blood vessels that allow selective substances to enter the brain and keep others out |
| brainstem | lower portion of the brain, contains the pons and the medulla |
| cell body | part of a nerve cell that contains the nucleus |
| central nervous system | aka "CNS", contains the brain and the spinal cord |
| cerebellum | coordinates muscle movement controls balance |
| dendrite | fiber of a nerve cell that is the first to receive impulses |
| dura mater | thick, outermost layer of the meninges |
| nerve | consists of axons and dendrites in bundles |
| neuron | nerve cell, carries impulses throughout the body, we have about 10 billion |
| neurotransmitter | a chemical messenager |
| peripheral nervous system | nerves outside the brain and spinal cord |
| receptors | organs that receive a stimulation and pass it on to the nerves in the body, skin, ears, eyes and taste buds are receptors |
| sensory nerves | carry messages to the brain and spinal cord from a receptor |
| stimulus | change that evokes a response such as light or sound |
| synapse | where nervous impulses are transmitted from one neuron to another |
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