Rapid depolarization of the cell membrane that results in propagation of the nerve impulse along the membrane.

Sensory nerve that carries information from the periphery of the body to the brain or spinal cord

the loss of felling or sensation resulting from the use of certain drugs or glasses that serve as inhibitory neurotransmitters.

Type of unilateral facial paralysis involving the facial nerve.

Motor nerve that carries information away from the brain or spinal cord to the periphery of the body.

loss of action of the facial muscles.

accumulation of neuron cell bodies outside the central nervous system.

supply of nerves to tissues or organs

cellular components of the nervous systems that is individually composed of a cell body and neural processes.

chemical agent from the neuron that is discharged with the arrival of the action potential, diffuses across the synapse, and binds to receptors on another cell's membrane.

bundle of neural processes outside the central nervous system; a portion of the peripheral nervous system.

the extensive, intricate network of structures that activates, coordinates, and controls all functions of the body.

charge difference between the fluid outsde and inside a cell that results in differences in the distribution of ions

junction between two neurons or between a neuron and an effect or organ, where neural impulses are transmitted by electrical or chemical means

type of lesion of the trigeminal nerve involving facial pain

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for nerves of the head and neck

Term	Definition
Action Potential	Rapid depolarization of the cell membrane that results in propagation of the nerve impulse along the membrane.
Afferent Nerve	Sensory nerve that carries information from the periphery of the body to the brain or spinal cord
Anesthesia	the loss of felling or sensation resulting from the use of certain drugs or glasses that serve as inhibitory neurotransmitters.
Bell's Palsy	Type of unilateral facial paralysis involving the facial nerve.
Efferent Nerve	Motor nerve that carries information away from the brain or spinal cord to the periphery of the body.
Facial paralysis	loss of action of the facial muscles.
Ganglion/Ganglia	accumulation of neuron cell bodies outside the central nervous system.
Innervations	supply of nerves to tissues or organs
Neuron	cellular components of the nervous systems that is individually composed of a cell body and neural processes.
Neurotransmitter	chemical agent from the neuron that is discharged with the arrival of the action potential, diffuses across the synapse, and binds to receptors on another cell's membrane.
Nerve	bundle of neural processes outside the central nervous system; a portion of the peripheral nervous system.
nervous system	the extensive, intricate network of structures that activates, coordinates, and controls all functions of the body.
resting potential	charge difference between the fluid outsde and inside a cell that results in differences in the distribution of ions
Synapse	junction between two neurons or between a neuron and an effect or organ, where neural impulses are transmitted by electrical or chemical means
Trigeminal Neuralgia	type of lesion of the trigeminal nerve involving facial pain

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