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Chapter 10 PN 111
PN 111L
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Which of the cranial nerves are involved with moving the tongue | Hypoglossal |
| Which nervous system is the brain apart of | CNS (central nervous system) |
| Which part of the nervous is the cranial nerves apart of ? | PNS (peripheral nervous system) |
| What is the function of the axon | to carry impulses away from the cell to send to the CNS |
| What is the function of the dendrites | Carry impulses toward the cell |
| Other names for the motor neurons | Efferent neurons |
| Other name for the sensory neurons | afferent neurons |
| Efferent neurons | Sends signals away from CNS |
| Afferent neurons | Sends signs towards brain from the spinal cord |
| What is multiple sclerosis? | condition of the oligodendrocytes affects the myelin in the nerve cell common in women 20-40 |
| Which cranial nerve is responsible for taste and facial expression | Facial |
| Olfactory Nerve | From nose to brain |
| Optic nerve | From eye to brain |
| Oculomotor nerve | From brain to eye muscle |
| What is cerebral spinal fluid | Clear Protection if the CNS formed from fluid filtered from capillaries called Choroid Plexus |
| Trochlear Nerve | From brain to external eye muscles |
| Trigeminal Nerve | From skin and mucous membrane of head and from teeth to brain: also from brain to chewing muscles |
| Abducens Nerves | From brain to external eye muscle |
| What is in the CNS | Brain and spinal cord only |
| Vestibulocochlear Nerve | From ear to brain |
| Nerve impulses and electrolytes | Sodium |
| Saltatory Conduction | is fast because of the myelin sheaths it jumps |
| Glossopharyngeal Nerve | From throat and taste buds of tongue to brain also form brain to throat muscles |
| Where are vital centers located in the brain | Brainstem (vital center medulla Oblongata, pons, midbrain) |
| What are the indentations between the Schwann cells | nodes of Ranvier |
| What is another word for nerve impulses | Action potiential |
| What kind of cells make the blood brain barrier | Astrocytes |
| What do Phagocytes do | destroy invading micros |
| 3 main parts of a neuron cell | cell body Dendrites Axon |
| Which condition occurs after birth that causes damage to the motor control areas of the brain which in turn causes variable muscle tension | cerebral palsy |
| What kind of test is used for checking for a seizure | EEG |
| What do people with parkinsonians disease lack | Dopamine |
| Which gland secretes Melaton | Pineal gland |
| What are the cavities that have the cerebral spinal fluid | Ventricles |
| the space that is between the pre and post synapse | Synaptic cleft |
| Acetylcholine (ACh) | released at some of the synapses in the spinal cord at neuromuscular (nerve-muscle) junctions |
| Norepinephrine (NE) | hormone secreted by adrenal medulla released by the sympathetic division also known as noradrenaline |
| Dopamine | chemical nerotransmitter |
| Serotonin | a neurotransmitter that belongs to a group of compounds called catecholamines |
| Amines | category of signaling molecule that includes norepinephrine, dopamine and serotonin |
| Endorphins | chemical in the cns that influences pain perception (natural pain killer) |
| enkephalins | peptide chemical in the central nervous system that acts as a natural painkiller |
| Nitric oxide (NO) | compound composed of on nitrogen and one oxygen atom in each molecule often acting as a small molecule neurotransmitter |
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