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| What are the 3 parts of the nervous system? | 1.Central Nervous System-CNS 2.Peripheral Nervous System-PNS 3.Autonomic Nervous System-ANS
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| The brain and spinal cord makes up what system? | Centeral Nervous System - CNS
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| The peripheral Nervous System (PNS) is made up of 3 catagories? | Cranial nerve(12), Spinal Nerves(31), and Plexus fromations(7)
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| The hypothalamus is the boss of what systems? | Autonomic Nervous system (sympathetic and parasympathetic)
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| The basic structural and fuctional unit to the central nervous system is? | Neuron
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| A neuron is made of 3 parts? | 1.Cell body or soma 2.Dendrite 3.Axon
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| The cell body contains a what? | Nucleaus or cytoplasm
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| The cell body needs lots of O2 and glucose without it, it will? | It will not survive and cannot be replaced once they are injured or necroitic
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| Dendrites are branchs of a tree and there function is? | Receive impulses from other neurons and bring them TO the cell body
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| Axon has a long tail from the cell body, where does the info go? | Carries impulses AWAY from the cell body
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| What is a Axon Hillock? | Cone shped region of the cell body that the axon arises from
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| What is a Axon Cylinder? | Inner core of the axon
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| Myelin Sheath is what? | Lipoprotein substance that covers most axon. You are not born with it.
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| Neurilemma Sheath? | Transparent covering around myelin. It is a sinlge layer of cells
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| What types of Neurons are there? | Motor and Sensory neurons
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| What do MOTOR neurons look like? | Very long axon and multi-branched dendrites
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| Where is a motor neuron located? | The cell body located at the anterior horn of the spinal cord
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| Where does a motor neuron conduct impulses from? | From the CNS to muscle and glands(efferent)
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| Sensory neurons start where? | Sensory dendrites arise in skin travel UP to the cell body
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| The cell body of a sensory neuron is located where? | Dorsal Root Ganglion/DRG of the spinal cord(afferent)
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| Sensory neruons axons travel where in the spinal cord? | Posterior root of spinal cord to the post central gyrus
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| The definition of a synapse is? | The electronic connection between two or more neurons
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| What is a Pre-synaptic Neuron? | Senders of information, neuron that conducts an impulse TOWARD the synapse
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| What is a Post-synaptic Neuron? | Receivers of information, neuron that conducts an impluse AWAY from the synapse
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| What does a synaptic cleft join? | The narrow cleft joins the plasma membranes of the two communicating neurons
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| What is a synaptic vesicles? | Membrane bound sacs in the pre-synaptic neuron
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| What are the synaptic vesciles filled with? | Neurotransmitters
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| Where are neurotransmitters released from? | The molecules are released across the synaptic cleft
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| What is the 1st process of a synapse? | Impules travel along axon of pre-synaptic neuron
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| What is the 2nd process of a synapse? | Signaling synaptic vesicles to migrate and fuse to pre-synaptic membrane
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| What is the 3rd process of a synapse? | Vesicles release neurotransmiter molecules which diffuse across the cleft
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| What is the 4th process of a synapse? | Molecules bind to post synaptic membrane
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| What is the 5th process of a synapse? | Electic charge on post-synaptic membrane is altered generating an nn impluse in neuron
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| The Central Nervous system consists of 2 parts? | Brain and spinal cord
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| The brain is divided into threee parts? | Cerebrum, brainstem and cerebellum
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| The cerebrum has 2 cerebral hemispheres and the is called? | Telencephalon
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| The function of the cerebrum is? | Highest mental function. Intellectual and emotional processing
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| The cell bodies(cortex) of the cerebrum consist where? | Outer layer which is gray matter
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| Myelinated axons are located where? | Inner layer which is the white matter
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| What are the two layers of the cerebrum? | Outer,gray matter which consist of cell bodies and the inner, white matter consist of myelinated axons
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| The lobes of the brain are? | Frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital
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| Frontal lobe is located anterior to central sulcus and what is its function? | Voluntary movement, expressive speech, personality characteristics
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| Parietal lobe is located 2 lateral halves posterior to central sulcus and what is its function? | Sensation, gross (touch pressure)and fine (tecture, weight, size)
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| Temporal lobe is located posterior to lateral fissure and what is its function? | Hearing behavior, language reception, understanding and interpeting smell
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| Occipital lobe is located where? | Posterior to parietal and superior to cerebellum
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| What is the function of the Occiptal lobe? | Vision, recognition of size, shape,color, people
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| The corpus collosum is located? | The roof of lateral ventricle
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| The Basal Ganglia is in charge of what? | Learned fucntions, starting and stopping of voluntary movement that is executed by the cerebrum. Regulates intensity and force of movements
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| The Basal Ganglia arches over what? | Thalamus deep in hemisphere
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| What 3 nuclei does the Basal Ganglia consist of ? | Caudate, lenitform, and the amygdaloid nucleus
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| Internal Capsule in located where? | Deep in the cerebral white matter
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| The Interal Capsule fibers from a band where? | Between thalamus and basial ganglia
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| What allows sensory fibers to reach parietal area and motor tracts to travel to the brainstem and spinal cord? | Internal capsule
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| One of the main functions of the internal capsule is? | Is that it is the main passageway for ascending and descending nerve tracts
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| The Diencephalon is made up of two parts? | Thalamus and Hypothalamus
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| The Thalamus is located where? | Superior to brainstem, inferior to lateral ventricle
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| What contains 12 nuclei that direct sensory axons to the post central gyrus? | Thalamus
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| Do all sensory neurons synapse on at least one of the 12 nuclei of the Thalamus? | True
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| What makes up 80% of the diencephalon? | Thalamus
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| Where is the Hypothalamus located? | Inferior to thalamus and superior to midbrain
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| What are the bodies of the Hypothalamus? | Mammialary bodies, anterior and Pineal body on posterior surface
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| What are some functions of the Hypothalamus? | Intergration center of ANS, Visceral(organs) control center, Limbic(emotions) system, regulates body temp, timing sleep/wake cycles, controls glands/endocrine system
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| What regulates body temp and timing of sleep cycles? | Hypothalamus
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| Do we have control over the hypothalamus functions? | No
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| The brainstem consist of what 3 parts? | Midbrain, pons ans medulla
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| The midbrain conduction paythway between higher and lower cneters of the brain and is in charge of what reflexes? | Visual and auditory reflexes part of cranial nn III, IV
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| Pons relays info from cerebru to cerebellum and is charge of what? | Respiration rate and depth part of cranial nn V, VI
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| What function does medulla regulate? | Contains viceral nuclei which regulate ANS functions
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| The pathway between the brain centers and spinal cord is located where? | Medulla, which houses Cranial nn VII, XII
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| What is the reticular formation closely related to? | ANS
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| The brainstem function has 2 pathways fo the reticular formation? | Descending and Ascending
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| (Reticular Formation)Desending pathways are located where? | Deep in the brainstem
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| (Reticular Formation)Function of descending pathway is what? | Recievies stimiuli from: 1.Hypothalamus 2.Basal Ganglia 3.Vestibular System
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| (Reticular Formation)What tract send sencory axons that end here and stimulus that goes to thalamus which sends singles to post central gyru? | Ascending pathways of the brainstem, which is part of the reticular fromation
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| What are the functions of ascending pathways? | Are degress of conscious alertness/sleep cycles
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| If you have a decresed brainstem what happens in the ascending pathway? | Decreased info=more sleep
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| What are the 3 causes of coma? | Structual, toxic, and metabolic
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| What is metabolic coma? | Severe acidosis or alkalosis, hpoglycemia, and diabetic coma
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| What causes structural coma? | Trama, damage to brain tissue causing swelling, shutting down higher centers
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| What is located inferior to occipital lobe? | Cerebellum
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| The control center is the cerebellum and what are the three main functions? | Equilibrium, voluntary muscle activity and coordination, and muscle tone
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| What motor(desending,efferent) is located in the cerebellum? | Vestibulospinal which does not cross the spinal cord and controls motor reponses for equillibrium and proprioception. Also assoc. with basil ganglia
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| Equilibrium is the function of what part of the brain? | Cerebellum
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| How is voluntary muscle activity information sent in the brain? | Information on current movents of limbs, neck and truck which travel from Proprioceptors in mm joints and tendons up spinal cro to cerebellar cortex
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| Can movement be initaited by the cerebellum? | No, therefore if a person has a cerebellar injury there is no parallysis.
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| If a person is clumsy, tremulous and uncoordinated or slow what part of the brain is responsible for this? | The cerebellum is control center for amount of tone with the mm
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| Hypotonic(low), normal, or hpertonic(high) tone and the amount we use is controlled by what part of the brain? | Cerebellum
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| What is the main pathway for ascending and descending nerve tracts? | Spinal Cord which connects the peripheral nn and spinal nn with the brain
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| Where do the nn tracts travel in the spinal cord? | White matter
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| What is primitive and complex, somatic and visceral? | Major reflex center of the spinal cord
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| What connects the PNS to CNS? | Peripheral nn are connected to the spinal cord by 31 pairs of spinal nerves
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| What encases the spinal cord and where does the cord run in? | Encased by spinal vertebrae and the cord runs in the vertebral canal from the foramen magnum to the end of the conus medullaris (L1,2)
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| Name the groupings of Spinal Nerves and the amount of each? | 8 cervical-exit above vertebrae, 12 thoracic-exit below, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 1 cocxygel
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| Where is the conus medullaris located? | Inferior end of spinal cord. It tapers into a cone shape at L1-L2 or L3-L4
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| What is considered the "Horses Tail"? | Cauda Equina, the spinal nerve root for L2-L5
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| What thread like non neural filament runs from concus medullaris to coccyx? | Filum Terminale which helps anchor spinal cord to coxageal ligament
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| Anterior horn cibtaubs what? | Cell bodies fo motor neurons
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| What does the anterior horn transmit? | Motor impulses, with contains cell bodies of motor neurons
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| Posterior horn transmits what? | Sensory impulses receives info from DRG and carries info up to brain
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| Lateral horn is similar to what other horn? | Anterior, additional motor cell bodies, found in cervial and superior lumbar
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| What is the process of a motor repsonce? | Starts in the pre-central gyrus travel down the spinal cord out the ascending, anterior horn to the
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| What is the main pathway for ascending and descending nerve tracts? | Spinal Cord which connects the peripheral nn and spinal nn with the brain
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| Where do the nn tracts travel in the spinal cord? | White matter
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| What is primitive and complex, somatic and visceral? | Major reflex center of the spinal cord
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| What connects the PNS to CNS? | Peripheral nn are connected to the spinal cord by 31 pairs of spinal nerves
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| What encases the spinal cord and where does the cord run in? | Encased by spinal vertebrae and the cord runs in the vertebral canal from the foramen magnum to the end of the conus medullaris (L1,2)
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| Name the groupings of Spinal Nerves and the amount of each? | 8 cervical-exit above vertebrae, 12 thoracic-exit below, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 1 cocxygel
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| Where is the conus medullaris located? | Inferior end of spinal cord. It tapers into a cone shape at L1-L2 or L3-L4
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| What is considered the "Horses Tail"? | Cauda Equina, the spinal nerve root for L2-L5
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| What thread like non neural filament runs from concus medullaris to coccyx? | Filum Terminale which helps anchor spinal cord to coxageal ligament
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| Anterior horn cibtaubs what? | Cell bodies fo motor neurons
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| What does the anterior horn transmit? | Motor impulses, with contains cell bodies of motor neurons
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| Posterior horn transmits what? | Sensory impulses receives info from DRG and carries info up to brain
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| Lateral horn is similar to what other horn? | Anterior, additional motor cell bodies, found in cervial and superior lumbar
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| What is the process of a motor responce? | Starts in the pre-central gyrus travel down the spinal cord out the ascending, anterior horn to the anterior root spinal nn peripheral nn through motor neuron to the mm
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| What is the process of a sensory responce? | Have stimulus, pinch, impulses to CNS in through peripheral nn spinal nn DRG poterior dorsel root synapse up to the brain thalamus post central gyrus
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| Anterior longitudinal ligament is located where and prevents what movement? | Front of vertebral bodies and prevent hyperextension
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| Posterior longitudinal ligament is located where and prevents what movement? | Back of vertebral bodies and prevents forward flexion
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| Ligamentum Nuchae does what? | Helps hold the head up and support the skull C1 to C7
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| What are the motor tracts? | Lateral Corticospinal, Ventral Coricospinal, Vestibulospinal, and Rubrospinal
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| Where do motor tracts travel? | White mater
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| What are the sensory tracts? | Fasiculus Gracilis, Fasiculus Cuneatus, Dorsal Spinocrebellar, Lateral Spinothalamic, and Ventral Spinothalamic
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| Where do sensory tracts travel? | White mater up spinal cord thalamus post central gyrus
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| In the motor tracts what to work together like best friends? | Lateral Corticospinal and Rubrospinal
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| Nerve cell bodies of upper motor neurons originate where? | CNS - pre central gyrus
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| The upper motor neurons cen their axons into the spinal cord whre the make contact with what? | Anterior horn of the spinal cord
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| After the upper motor neuron makes contact with the anterior horn it syapse where? | The interneuron above the anterior horn between the brain and spina cord
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| What are some ex. of UMN disease? | MS, Parkinsons, Huntingtons, CP, Stroke
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| UMN damage may result in what? | Spactic paralysis, ^hypersensitive reflexes, positive Babinski sign, fasiculation NOT present
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| Lower motor neuron innervate what? | Skeletal mm of the body and motor nn cells of the brainstem which innervate mm supplied by the cranial nn
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| Where does a Lower motor neuron synapse? | Occurs below the anterior horn, between the anterior horn and the periphery
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| What are some ex of LMN damage? | Polio, MD
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| LMN damage may result in what? | Flaccid paralysis, severe mm atrophy, decreased hyposenitive reflexes,neg Babinski sign, Fasiculations ARE present
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| Peripheral Nervous System consist of what? | 12 cranial nerves, 31 spinal nerves, cervical brachial and lumbo sacral plexus
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| What are the sensory nerves of the cranial nn? | I Olfactory, II optic and VIII vestibulocochlear
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| IV Trochlear, III oculomotor, VI abducens, accessory and hypoglossal are all what? | Motor Cranial nerves
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| What are the cranial nn that have both motor and sensory? | V Trigeminal, VII facial, IX glossopharyngeal,X vagus
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| Optic nn II helps sensory of what? | Vision
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| Trigeminal nn V both sensory and motor does what? | teeth, mm mastication
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| Vagus nn X does what? | Heart lungs brachi gastroinstinal and sensory with external ear
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| Are posterior primary ramus innervated with extremities and trunk? | No only the anterior primary ramus which is the actual spinal nn
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| Where do the posterior primary ramus innervate? | They branch that innervates deep mm in the back and the skin covering these mm
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| Where does the anterior primary ramus innervate? | All mm and skin of extremities and trunk not innervated by posterior primary ramus
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| What is a dermatome? | ares of skin supplied with sensory fibers of the spinal nn.
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| If sensation is lost in one section of the dermatome is all sensation lost to that area? | No, fibers overlap so sensation is not completely lost unless 2 or more spinal nn are injured
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| Cervical plexus are composed of what nn? | C1 thru C4 this is where the phrenic nn innervates the diaphrgm at C4
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| What are the termainal ends of the 5 large nn of the brachial plexus? | 1.Musculocutaneous 2.Axillary 3.Radial 4.Median 5.Ulnar (MARMU)
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| Lumbrosacral plexus terminal ends are where? | superior gluteal, inferior gulteal, femoral nn and obturator
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| Sciatic nn consists of what? | The tibial and common peroneal encased in same sheath
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| What systems stimulates and controls structures at an unconscious level? | Autonomic Nervous System
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| ANS stimulates what mm? | Cardiac mm and smooth mm and most glands
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| Does the ANS affect both afferent and efferent? | Yes
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| What 2 systems are involved with ANS? | Sympathetic and parasympathetic
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| Fight and Flight is physical and psych stress of system? | Sympathetic
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| What does the sympathetic produce? | Epinephrine
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| Does the sympathetic increase or decrease symtoms of HR CO BP blood flow pupils dialate and bronchioles open? | Increase
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| How does the sympathetic and parasympathetic work? | They work like a scale or ratition to each other. If one is high the other is low
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| What systom involes relaxing and resting - digestion? | Parasympathetic
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| Where is Acetylcholine produced? | Parasympthetic
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| When the parasympathetic is active in HR CO BP BF respiratory rate does what? | Decreases but the digestion increases
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| Part of the ANS involes what relexes? | Viceral and Somatic
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| Visceral reflexes involve what? | Organs and glands ex vomiting, sneezing, coughing
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| Somatic reflexes involve what? | Muscular response
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| Monosynaptic Relflex involves what neurons and does what kind of stretch? | Uses both 1 sensory and 1 motor neuron which used for DTR stretch relfex
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| What is it called when one or more motor neuron are involved in reflex pathway? | Polysynaptic reflex (flexor withdrawl, crossed extension)
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| What is a sensory receptor? | Specialized to respond to changes in their environment, enviroment changes called stimuli
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| What are the 5 sensory receptors? | Mechanoreceptors, thermoreceptors, nocioceptors, electromagnetic receptors and chemoreceptors
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| What does helps muscle/tendon from being injured? | Sensory receptors
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| What is located in parallel within the muscle fibers? | Muscle spindle
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| When a mm is stimulated what does it do? | MM to stretch, mm respond to tension within the mm or mm stretch
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| Where is the Golgi Tendon Organ located? | In the tendon
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| When the GTO is stimulated it inhibits mm and causes what to fire? | The antagonist
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