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Study The Nervous System

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Name two control systems in the body.   The Endocrine and Nervous systems  
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Impulses in the somatic nervous system affect the   Skeletal Muscles  
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Where is the cerebellum.   Under the occipital lobe of the cerebrum  
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What is the function of an axon?   Transmit impulses away from the cell body of a neuron.  
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Describe a dendrite.   Branch like projections from the cell body that transmits impulses toward the cell body  
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What is an oligodendrocyte?   Glia tissue that produces myelin sheath  
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Where are the vital centers?   Medulla Oblongata of the brainstem  
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What are afferent neurons?   Sensory neurons  
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What are efferent neurons?   Motor neurons  
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Name the layers of the meninges.   Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater  
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What is the function of the autonomic nervous system?   Control impulses to cardiac muscle, smooth muscle and glandular tissue.  
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What is the thick outer layer of the meninges?   Dura mater  
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The sympathetic nervous system controls ______   Fight or flight emergency system  
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What are motor neurons?   Neurons that transmit impulses to muscle and gland tissue away from the brain and spinal cord  
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What are sensory neurons?   Neurons that transmit impulses to the spinal cord and brain from all parts of the body.  
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What is the outside covering of a nerve called?   Epineurium  
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List the parts of the central nervous system.   The brain and spinal cord  
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Where is cerebrospinal fluid found?   Between the pia mater and arachnoid mater and in the ventricles of the brain  
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What is the function of the thalamus?   Produce sensations,associate sensations with emotions and part of the arousal or alertness mechanism.  
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What is the function of the hypothalamus?   Major control of all internal organs; heartbeat, blood pressure control, GI contractions, water balance  
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What is a synapse?   Place where impulses are transmitted from neuron to the next neuron  
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List the three structures making up a synapse.   Synaptic knob, synaptic cleft and plasma membrane  
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What is shingles?   Reactivation of the varicella virus.  
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What is the cause of Alzheimer's disease?   Unknown  
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What is the cause of Huntington's disease?   Genetic  
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What is a glioma?   Tumor of the nervous tissue?  
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What connects the right and left sides of the brain?   Corpus callosum  
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List the three structures making up the brainstem.   Medulla oblongata, Pons and midbrain  
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What are microglia?   Glia cells that act as microbe eating scavengers in inflammed or degenerating brain tissue  
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What is a neurotransmitter?   Chemical compound found in the synaptic cleft  
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