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8 Nervous System (Lecture) Flashcards

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Autonomic motor

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Involuntary

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Inter neuron

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Communicates within the CNS. Cognition

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Somatic Motor

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Voluntary

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Efferent Neurons

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Toward PNS Motor

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Visceral Sensory

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Unconscious

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Somatic Sensory

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Conscious

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Afferent Neurons

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Toward CNS Sensory

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Epyndynal

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Neuroglia of the CNS

Removes plasma from the blood to produce CSF

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Oligodendrocytes

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Neuroglia of CNS
Same as Schwann cells (Neurolemmocytes)
Protect and wrap around axon (myelin sheath)

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Microglia

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Neuroglia of the CNS

Phagocytes engulf cellular waste and pathogens

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Astrocytes

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Neuroglia of the CNS

Maintain blood brain barrier. Keeps out hormones and amino acids.

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Neurolemmocytes

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Neuroglia of the PNS

Schwann cells wrap around the axon. Myelin sheath.

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Satellite cells

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Neuroglia of the PNS

Found around the nerve cell body

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Parasympathetic

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Rest and digest

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Sympathetic

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Fight or flight

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Autonomic

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Reflex not conscious

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Somato

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Refers to things that are conscious

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Dendrites

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Receives chemical signals and converts them to electrical signals. Autonomic neuronal process

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Axons

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Transmits electrical signals. Only axons have synaptic terminals.
Autonomic neuronal process

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Unipolar neurons

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Sensory. 1 projection from cell body. All are sensory.

Autonomic Neuronal process

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Bipolar neurons

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(Retina). 2 projections from cell body.

Autonomic neuronal process

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Multipolar neurons

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Motor. Many projections. Motor and inter euro a are multipolar
Autonomic neuronal process

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Receptive Zone contains…

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Dendrites. Receivers if chemical signals and converters to electrical signals.

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Trigger Zone contains…

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Soma- nerve cell body

Axon Hillock - where axon meets soma

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Conduction zone contains…

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Axons & Nerves

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Secretory zone contains…

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Synaptic terminal
Synapse
Dendrite/muscle/gland

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ACH

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Acetylcholine is an NTR that is used by the parasympathetic NS to stimulate skeletal muscle.

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Norepinephrine

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is an NTR used by the sympathetic NS to increase HR, BP, BR

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Dopamine

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Is a NTR used by the CNS in the reward center of the brain.

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Serotonin

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Is a NTR associated with mood and hunger

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GABA

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Is a NTR associated with fear and anger.

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White matter

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Myelinated axons

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Gray matter

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Nerve cell bodies

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Gyrus

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Elevated structures at the surface if the brain

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Sulcus

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Groove structures on the surface of the brain

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Fissure

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Deep gap on the surface of the brain

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Cerebrum

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Largest part of the brain. Divided into L&R hemispheres

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Cerebral cortex

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Dark outer edge controls all conscience activity

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Frontal lobes

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Problem solving, cognitive activities

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Central sulcus

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Separates frontal and parietal lobes

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Primary motor cortex

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Voluntary behavior starts

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Insula

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Continuously aware of taste and smell

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Temporal lobes

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Anaylize auditory information.

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Occipital Lobes

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Eyes convert light into electrical signals the brain can understand

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Language centers

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Left side of brain includes speech center and interpretive area

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Speech center

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Broca’s area produces speech controls muscles of speech

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General interpretive area

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Wernicke’s area controls hearing and words

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The lymbic system

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Emotional states

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Cingulate gyrus (limbic cortex)

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Expressing emotion

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Fornix

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Channel for emotional info

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*Hypothalmus

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Regulates homeostatic functions

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Osmoregulatory center

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Mammillary body

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Controls eating and swallowing

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Amygdala

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Controls fear and anger

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Hippocampus

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Converts short term to long term memory

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Septum pellucidum

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Separates L and R ventricles

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Choroid plexus

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Network of blood vessels where CSF is produced

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Pineal gland

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Regulates circadian rhythms

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Thalamus

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edits and routes nearly all incoming sensory information

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Optic chiasm

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Where the 2 optic nerves partially crossover

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Midbrain

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occulomotor reflex center

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Superior colliculi

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Controls movement of your eyes as you track a moving object

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Inferior colliculi

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Controls shape of lens and size of pupil

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Reticular formation

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Controls levels of contiousness

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Pons

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Part of brain stem
Egg shaped
Controls urinary reflex

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Cerebral aqueduct

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Channel for CSF between 3rd and 4th ventricles

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Cochlear reflex

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Emesis reflex

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Cerebellum

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Controls highly skilled practiced behaviors

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With nerves like vessels
Blue is …
Red is …

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Blue is sensory

Red is motor

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Prefix spinal indicates

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Motor tracts

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Prefix spino indicates

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Sensory tracts

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Finiculos

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White matter around the cord

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Dorsal white columns (funiculi)

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Sensory touch proprioception kinesthesia

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Anterior white columns (funiculi)

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Relay ANS motor info

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Lateral columns (funiculi)

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Relay somatic motor info

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Gray matter of spinal cord

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Butterfly in central cord

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Dorsal horns

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Lateral horns

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Ventral horns

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Voluntary motor

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Commissure of spinal cord

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Line between butterfly wings (info crossover)

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Anterior median fissure of spinal cord

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A gap that separates L and R spinal cord

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What level does the cord end

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  • Conus medullaris of spinal cord
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Where spinal cord narrows to a point

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  • Cauda equina of spinal cord
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Many strands of the cord below L1

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  • Filum terminale of spinal cord
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Connects to coccyx holds cord in place

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Rootlets

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Nerve fibers that connect directly to the spinal cord

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Nerve roots

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Formed by the merger of rootlets

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How many pairs of spinal nerves

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Sympathetic nerves exit the spine at

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Which NTR is used by the sympathetic NS

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Norepinephrine

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Lateral para vertebral ganglia

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Nerve cell bodies that parallel the colum

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Anterior collateral ganglia

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Nerve cell bodies that are anterior to the cord and control digestion

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Which NTR is used by the parasympathetic NS

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Parasympathetic nerves exit the spine at

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Target organ ganglia

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Nerve cell bodies that are close to the organs they serve

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Intramural ganglia

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Nerves cell bodies with in the organ they control

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I Olfactory

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II Optic

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III Occulomotor

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Size of pupil shape of lens

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IV Trochlear

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Depress eyes (look down)

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V Trigeminal

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Corneal Reflex (blinking)

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VI Abducens

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Rotates eyes

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VII Facial

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Controls tears and salivary glands

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VIII Vestibulocholear

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Hearing and Balance

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IX Glossopharengeal

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Swallowing

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  • X Vagus
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HR BP Digestion

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XI Acessory

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Turn your head

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XII Hypoglossal

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Movement of tongue

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