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Skinner MT Ch 8
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is your quest? | Holy grail |
| Autonomic nervous system | ANS |
| Central nervous system | CNS |
| Computerized tomography | CT |
| Electroencephalogram | EEC |
| Level of consciousness | LOC |
| Magnetic resonance imaging | MRI |
| Pneumoencephalogram | PEG |
| Positron emission tomography | PET |
| Peripheral nervous system | PNS |
| Somatic nervous system | SNS |
| Without sensitivity to pain | analgesia |
| Abnormally slow movement | bradykinesia |
| Pain in the head; headache | cephalalgia |
| The part of the brain responsible for coordinating voluntary muscular movement | cerebellum |
| The largest and uppermost part of the brain | cerebrum |
| A projection that extends from the nerve cell body | dendrite |
| The outermost of the three membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord | dura mater |
| The part of the nervous system consisting of axons that are not covered with myelin sheath | gray matter |
| The study of muscle movement | kinesiology |
| The three layers of protective membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord | meninges |
| The supporting tissue of the nervous system | neuroglia |
| The process by which certain cells engulf and destroy cellular debris | phagocytosis |
| The innermost of the three membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord | pia mater |
| The space between the end of one nerve and the beginning of another | synapse |
| The part of the brain located between the cerebral hemispheres and the midbrain | thalamus |
| alges/o, -algesia | Sensitivity to pain |
| cerebell/o | Cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | Cerebrum |
| encephal/o | Brain |
| esthesi/o, -esthesia | Sensation or feeling |
| gli/o | Neuroglia or gluey substance |
| mening/o | Meninges |
| myel/o | Spinal cord or bone marrow |
| neur/o | Nerve |
| thec/o | Sheath |
| The nerves that transmit impulses toward the brain are called | Afferent nerves |
| The nerves that transmit impulses away from the brain and spinal cord are called | Efferent nerves |
| The nerves that conduct impulses from afferent nerves to or toward efferent nerves are called | Interneurons |
| The outermost layer of the meninges? | Dura mater |
| The middle layer of the meninges | Arachnoid |
| The innermost layer of the meninges | Pia mater |
| Which part of the brain controls consciousness, memory, sensations, emotions, and voluntary movements? | Cerebrum |
| Which part of the brain has an essential role in coordinating balance and movement? | Cerebellum |
| Which structure of the brain regulates many sensory functions, such as body temperature, sleep, and appetite? | Hypothalamus |
| The absence of the brain and spinal cord at birth | Anencephaly |
| The nerves that regulate involuntary body functions such as increasing heart rate and raising blood pressure are called? | Sympathetic nerves |
| The nerves that regulate involuntary body functions such as slowing the heart rate and relaxing sphincters are called? | Parasympathetic nerves |
| Phagocytic neuroglia cells are called? | Microglia |
| What is the protective covering that some axons have? | Myelin sheath |
| The space between the axon of one neuron and the dendrite(s) of another neuron is called? | Synapse |
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