Term | Definition |
Monoamine oxidase (MAO) is an enzyme that degrades _______ after it binds to its receptor site. | -Epinerphrine **** Effects are prolonged |
Epinephrine (Adrenaline) is : | -Fight or flight; sympatheic nervous system (part of the Autonomic nervous system) |
Acetylcholinecsterase is an enzyme that degrades ______ after it binds to its receptor site. | acetylcholine ***Not reused, effects are shortlived. |
Central nervous system: | -Brain and Spinal Cord |
Peripheral nervous system: | -Nerves that branch off the spinal cord and go to the body
-Autonomic nervous system |
Nerves talk to muscle/organs via an: | -Electrical impulse |
In order to have an electrical impulse, you need _______ in the bloodstream that can travel to the: | -Electrolytes in the bloodstream that can travel to the nerve. Sodium, potassium, calcium, magneisum |
Nerves are comprised of nerve cells (neurons) they have 3 parts: | -Dendrite
-Cell Body
-Axon (covere in myelin sheath) |
Neurons don't touch, they're separated by a: | -Synapse-contains neurotransmitters |
If impluses do not transmit it can cause: | -Stroke, brain damage, seizure, spinal cord injury,
-Neuritis, Neruagalgia
- ALS< Multiple Sclerosis
- Myasthenia Gravis. |
Autonomic nervous system: | -Sympathetic nervous system (fight or flight)
-Parasympathetic nervous system (rest and digest) |
In order to have an electrical impulse, you need _______ in the bloodstream that can travel to the: | -Electrolytes in the bloodstream that can travel to the nerve. Sodium, potassium, calcium, magneisum |
Nerves are alive cells that need _____,_____, and _______ delivered to them in order to function: | -Oxygen, glucose, and elecrolytes |
Nerves are comprised of nerve cells (neurons) they have 3 parts: | -Dendrite
-Cell Body
-Axon (covere in myelin sheath) |
When impulses reaches the end of one neuron it releases ______ into the ________: | -Neurotransmitters into the synapse. |
If impluses do not transmit it can cause: | -Stroke, brain damage, seizure, spinal cord injury,
-Neuritis, Neruagalgia
- ALS< Multiple Sclerosis
- Myasthenia Gravis. |
Neruron is the: | -Cell of the nervous system (Nerve) |
Neuropathy is: | -Inflammation or degeneration of thte peripheral nerves *Diabetic Neuropathy |
Compartment syndrome: | -Sever compression of nerves and blood vessels when an extremity is too swollen or a cast is too tight. |
Mental Status Exam (MSE) is a test to perform to determine: | -Cognitive functioning |
Innervation is the distribution or suppply of: | -Nerve fibers or nerve impulses to an area. |
Neurotransmitter is a chemical released fro the end of one _______neruon into the ______ to communicate to another neron or to the muscle or organ by attaching to a ______ : | -neuron,
-synapse,
-receptor site. |
Nerve Impulse is the signal (electrical impulse) sent from the _______ to the spianl cord to the_______ to the organs/muscles.: | -Brain to the spianl crod to the neres to the organs/muscles. |
Paresthesias is: | Numbness and tingling- |
Numbness and tingling- | -Fight or flight; sympatheic nervous system (part of the Autonomic nervous system) |
Monoamine oxidase (MAO) is an enzyme that degrades _______ after it binds to its receptor site. | -Epinerphrine **** Effects are prolonged |
Reuptake is where _____ goes through a process called _____ where it is ______ for later, after it binds to its _______: | -Epinerphrine goes through a process called reuptake, where it is reused, after it binds to its receptor site. |
Serotonin: | -Helps control mood |
Dopamine: | -Inhibitory effect on movement; cotnrols movement; helps stop movemnt |
Acetylocholine: | -Rest or digest; get back to normal; makes movement; parasympathetic nervous system (part of the Autonomic nervous system) |