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nervous system

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dendrites   bring info into nerve cell body  
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axon   carries motor impulses away from neuron  
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nissl substance   grainy material in cytoplasm; consists of rough ER  
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myelin sheath   insulator; represents concentric wrappings of lipids  
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nodes of Ranvier   gaps; act to increase speed of nerve impulses down the axon  
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3 layers   endoneurium,perineurium, epineurium  
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what do neurons make?   proteins  
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what do schwann cells make?   insulation  
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neuroglial cells do what?   support  
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4 types of nueroglial cells   astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglial, and ependymal cells  
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astrocytes   basis of the blood-brain barrier  
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oligodendrocytes   form the lipoprotein myelin for axons in the CNS  
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microglial cells   the smallest and least numerous; phagocytic; they engulf invading microorganisms and dead/injured neurons  
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ependymal cells   form the choroid plexus epithelium that secretes the cerebrospinal fluid  
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rough ER does what?   protein synthesis  
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golgi apparatus does what?   package synthesized products  
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schwann cells create?   myelin  
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what are the interveniing depressions of the cerebral cortex?   sulci  
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the lateral sulcus divides what lobes?   frontal and parietal  
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precentral cortex is..??   the primary motor cortex which governs control of voluntary skeletal muscle function  
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premotor cortex   responsible for complex intergrated motions  
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prefrontal cortex   concerned with behavior and short term memory  
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broca's area   controls motor speech  
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poostcentral cortex   recieves initial info from 5 senses  
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occipital lobe   responds to visual info  
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temporal lobe   responds to auditory info  
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primary auditory cortex   recieves sound impulses  
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auditory associtaion cortex   interprets sound  
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wernicke's area   responsible for comprehensive understanding of language  
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the limbic system governs?   emotions, behavior and memory  
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the thalamus   functions to distribute the incoming sensory info to regions of cerebral cortex  
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the hypothalamus   regulates hormone release from pitutairy gland  
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pineal body   thought to play a role in regulation of production and release of melatonin  
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optic nerve carries...?   visual info to the retina  
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oculomotor nerve provides..?   motor innervation to 4 of the 6 extraocular eye muscles as well as SM of iris  
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the trochlear and abducens nerves provide...?   motor innercation 1 of the remaining eye muscles  
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trigeminal nerve provides   motor innervation to the muscles of mastication and carry sensory info from the face, mucous mmembrances of mouth the teeth and the cornea  
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facial nerve provides...?   motor innervation to muscles of facial expression  
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glossopharryngeal nerve supplies..?   muscles of pharynx and conveys senestaion from taste buds  
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vagus nerve   wanders through body providing motor innervation to muscles of parynx  
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hypoglossal nerve provides...??   motor innervation to tonngue muscles for speech and to assist in swallowing  
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4 brain ventricles   two lateral ventricels (right and left), a single third and a 4th  
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the pituitary stalk suspends...?   the pituitary gland  
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tumors in the pituitary gland may...?   produce alterations to vision  
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the circle of willis is believed to...?   equalize the blood pressure and blood flow between the 2 hemispheres  
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gray matters requires more what than the white matter   blood  
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what is most susceptible to stroke and embolism?   the internal carotid arteries  
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31 pairs of spinal nerves   8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 1 coccyxgeal  
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sensory nerves bring info...?   IN  
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3 layers of meninges   dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater  
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dura mater   "hard mother" and is outermost component  
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arachnoid mater   "spider mother" has web like projections  
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subarachnoid space   contain cerebrospinal fluid  
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pia mater   "tendor mother" covers surface of cord and brain  
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meningitis   meningi get inflamed  
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epidural space iss..?   outside the dura mater  
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the wall of the eyeball is comprised of...?   3 coats/tunics....the fibrous tunic, the vascular tunic, the nervous tunic  
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the retina is in what tunic   the nervous tunic  
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the superior rectus and inferior rectus   2/6 extraocular muscles  
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what is the fibrous tunic?   the "white of the eye"  
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the suspensory ligament...?   alters the shape of the lens  
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the iris..?   is the colored portion of the eye, and contains 2 groups of smooth muscle that control the size of the pupil opening  
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optic disc   "blind spot"; insensitive to light  
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fovea centralis   area of greatest visual acuity  
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the eyeball has 2 types of fluids   known as humors, contained within 3 chambers- posterior, anterior and vitreous  
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the ear is housed within   the protective petrous portion of the temporal bone  
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the external ear contains...   the auricle, external auditory meatus and tympanic membrane (eardrum)  
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the ext. auditory meatus includes...   hair, sebaceous glands and modified sweat glands known as ceruminous glands that secrete wax  
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the middle ear cavity contains...   3 ossicles, and the eustachian tube  
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the inner ear incluedes   3 semicircular canals for balancethe cochlea for sound detectionand the vestible  
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sound causes...   vibration of the tymphanic membrane which results in movement of the auditory ossicles  
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what moves when, when sound is heard   1. malleus moves2. incus3. stapes  
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the vestibular division recieves...   sensory impulses from vestibule and ampullae of semicircular canalss conveying info on equilibirum and balance  
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the chochlear division...   transmits sensory info on hearing from the cochlea  
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the cochlea is shaped like   a sea shell  
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