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Which 2 systems have the man responsibility of ensuring homeostasis   nervous & endocrine  
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List 3 overlapping functions of the nervous system   sensory input, integration, motor output  
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CNS=   Central Nervous System  
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The CNS consist of the   brain and spinal cord  
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PNS=   Peripheral Nervous System  
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The PNS consist of   cranial nerves and spinal nervous  
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Neuron=   nerve cell  
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Neuroglia=   nerve glue  
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Axons=   carries outgoing signals  
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Dendrites=   receives incoming signals  
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Synapse=   gap between cells  
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Neurotransmitters=   chemicals  
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Myelin=   insulators for axons  
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Schwann Cells=   insulation of the axons in the PNS, AKA myelin sheath  
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Neurilemma (neurolemma)=   allows for the possibility of regeneration in the PNS  
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Multiple sclerosis=   effects the myelin sheath  
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Ganglia=   small collection of cell bodies in spinal cord  
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White matter=   myelinated  
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Gray matter=   unmyelinated  
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What is a cell when its polarized   relaxed  
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When a cell is depolarized the cell is   acting  
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Define reflexes   rapid automatic responses to a stimulus (involuntary)  
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Somatic reflexes stimulate what   the skeletal muscles  
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Autonomic reflexes regulate the activity of what   smooth muscles  
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The CNS first appears as the   neural tube  
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The largest part of the brain is the   cerebrum  
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Coordination is regulated by the   cerebellum  
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How many cerebral hemispheres?   2  
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Name the lobes of the cerebrum   frontal, parietal, temporal, occipital  
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The surface of the brain is known as the   cerebral cortex  
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The cerebral cortex consists of   gray matter  
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What lobe receives impulses stretch receptors in muscles for conscious muscle sense and also functions with the sense of taste   parietal lobes  
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what functions with the olfactory and auditory reactions   temporal lobes  
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What area lets you think before you speak   temporal lobes  
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what lobes are for vision and for neural plasticity   occipital lobes  
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What lobes are the motor area that generate impulses for voluntary movement   frontal lobes  
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The Broca's area controls   speech  
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The left motor area controls the ______ side of the body   right  
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The right motor controls the ________ side of the body   left  
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What controls subconscious aspects of voluntary movements, and helps regulate muscle tone   cerebellum  
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What connects the left and right hemispheres, and allows one hemisphere to know the activity of the other   corpus callosom  
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The brain has how many ventricles   4  
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the brain 4 ventricles contain ____________which forms CSF from blood plasma   choroid plexuses  
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Choroid plexus forms   CSF from blood plasma  
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what area of the brain gives us our personality and sense of humor   association  
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The _____________ helps us form memories   hippo campus  
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What is concerned with sensation (except smell); supresses unimportant sensations   thalamus  
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What is your bodies thermostat and regulates the body temperature   hypothalamus  
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The 3 areas of the brain stem are   mid-brain, pons and medulla oblongata  
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Which part of the brain stem is involved with vision and hearing   mid-brain  
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Which part of the brain stem controls the respiratory rate   pons  
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Which part of the brain stem controls our vital signs (B/P, pulse, respirations), swallowing, vomiting, coughing, sneezing, etc?   medulla oblongata  
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hypothalamus functions   produce ACh, produce growth hormone, regulate body temp, regulate food intake, regulate activity of the automatic nervous system, stimulate visceral responces, regulate body rhythm (circidian rhythm)  
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Define ataxia   lack of coordination, clumsy  
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What is the name of the barrier that provides protection from harmful substances in the blood   blood-brain barrier  
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Prevents potentially harmful substances from passing from the blood to the brain   blood-brain barrier  
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List the three layers of the meninges   dura-mater (outer layer), arachnoid mater (middle layer), pia mater (inner layer)  
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CSF=   cerebrospinal fluid  
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The CSF is continually formed from blood by the ________   choroid plexuses, in each of the brains ventricles  
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The CSF forms a cushion that   protects  
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The reabsorption rate of CSF should be the   same as the rate of production  
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Define hydrocephalus   CSF leaks into the brain  
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Define concussion   slight brain injury, no bleeding  
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Define contusion   brain strikes and rebounds off the skull causing brusing (bleeding)  
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CVA=   cerebrovascular accident (stroke)  
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TIA=   transient ischemic attack (mini stroke)  
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Define Alzheimer's disease   progressive degenerative disorder of the brain, loss of short term memory  
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Parkinson's disease affects which part of the brain   basal ganglia  
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The spinal cord begins at   medulla oblongata  
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The spinal cord ends between   L1-L2  
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How many pairs of spinal nerves are there   31  
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PNS=   peripheral nervous system  
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What is a bundle of neuron fibers found outside the CNS   a nerve  
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How many pairs of cranial nerves are there   12  
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ANS=   Autonomic nervous system  
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Sympathetic nervous system is known as   flight or fight  
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The parasympathetic nervous system is known as   resting and digesting  
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What causes cerebral palsy   decrease of oxygen during delivery  
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EEG=   electroencephalogram  
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EEG measures   brain wave activity  
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Anencephaly =   no brain  
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Spina bifida=   vertebra not completely fomed  
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thrombus   clot that does not move  
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embolus   clot that moves  
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Aneurysm=   localized dialation of vessel or ballooning  
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Hemianopia=   half vision  
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Apoplexy   stroke  
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TIA=   transient ischemic attack  
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Paraplegia=   lower limbs are paralyzed  
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Quadriplegia=   all 4 limbs are paralyzed  
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Hemiplegia=   one side of body is paralyzed  
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MS=   Multiple sclerosis - affects the myelin sheath  
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Contrecoup injury   counter blow, 2 injuries  
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Sympathetic effects on the eye   dilation of pupils, focusing for near vision  
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Parasympathetic effects of the eye   constriction of pupils, focusing for distance vision  
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Sympathetic effects on sweat glands   increases secretion  
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Parasympathetic effects on sweat glands   none  
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Sympathetic effects on tear glands   secretion  
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Parasympathetic effects on tear glands   none  
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Sympathetic effects on the Arrector pili muscles   contraction, erection of hairs  
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Parasympathetic effects on the Arrector pili muscle   none  
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Sympathetic effects on the blood vessels   vasoconstriction and vasodilation  
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Parasympathetic effects on the blood vessels   none  
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Sympathetic effects on the heart   increases heart rate. force of contraction, and blood pressure  
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Parasympathetic effects on the heart   decreases heart rate. force of contraction, and blood presure  
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Sympathetic effects on the Respiratory System - airways   increases diameter  
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Parasympathetic effects on the Respiratory System - airways   decreases diameter  
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Sympathetic effects on the Respiratory System - Respiratory rate   increase rate  
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Parasympathetic effects on the Respiratory System - Respiratory rate   decrease rate  
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Sympathetic effects on the Digestive systems - general level of activity   decreases activity  
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Parasympathetic effects on the Digestive systems - general level of activity   increases activity  
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Sympathetic effects on the Digestive systems - liver   glycogen breakdown, glucose synthesis and release  
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Parasympathetic effects on the Digestive systems - liver   glycogen synthesis  
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Sympathetic effects on the Urinary System -kidneys   decreases urine production  
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Parasympathetic effects on the Urinary System -kidneys   Increase urine production  
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Sympathetic effects on the Urinary System -urinary bladder   constricts sphincter, relaxes urinary bladder  
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Parasympathetic effects on the Urinary System -urinary bladder   tenses urinary bladder, relaxes sphincter to eliminate urine  
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How many cervical spinal nerves are there   8 pairs  
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How many thoracic nerves are there   12 pairs  
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How many lumbar nerves are there   5 pair  
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How many sacrum nerves are there   5 pair  
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how many coccgeal nerves are there   1 pair  
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Cranial nerve functions - Olfactory   smell  
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Cranial nerve functions - Optic   vision  
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Cranial nerve functions- Oculomotor   eyeball  
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Cranial nerve functions - Trochlear   eyeball  
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Cranial nerve functions -Trigeminal   face scalp and teeth  
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Cranial nerve functions -Abducens   eyeball  
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Cranial nerve functions - facial   facial expressions  
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Cranial nerve function- Vestibulocochlear   balance and hearing  
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Cranial nerve function- Glossopharyngeal   pharynx & tastebuds  
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Cranial nerve function- Vagus   controls abdominal & thoracic visera  
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Cranial nerve function - Spinal accessory   neck and shoulder muscles  
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Cranial nerve function - hypoglossal   movement of the tounge  
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Knee jerk reflex is an example of   somatic reflex  
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Phrenic nerve activates   the diaphragm  
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The changes occurring within or outside that affect the nervous system functioning are called   stimuli  
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