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ch10 terms Flashcards

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acetylcholine

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nuerotransmitter chemical released at the ends of nerve cells

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arachnoid membrane

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middle layer of 3 membranes (meninges) that surround the brain and spinal cord

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afferent nerve

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carries messages towards the brain and spinal cord (sensory nerve)

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astrocyte

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type of glial cell that transports water and salts from capillaries

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autonomic nervous system

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nerves that control involuntary body functions of muscles, glands, and internal organs

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axon

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microscopic fiber that carries the nervous impulse along a nerve cell

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blood-brain barrier

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protective separation b/w blood and brain cells

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brainstemm

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posterior portion of the brain that connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord. includes pons & medulla oblongata

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cauda equina

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collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord

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cell body

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part of the nerve cell that contains the nucleus

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central nervous system (CNS)

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the brain and the spinal cord

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cerebellum

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posterior part of the brain that coordinates muscle movements and maintains balance

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cerebral cortex

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outer region of the cerebrum contains sheets of nerve cells- gray matter

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cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

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circulates throughout the brain and spinal cord

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cerebrum

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LARGEST PART OF BRAIN, responsible for voluntary muscles movements, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought and memory.

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cranial nerves

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12 pairs of nerves that carry messages to and from the brain with regard to head and neck (except vagus)

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dendrite

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microscopic branching fiber of a nerve cell that is the first part to receive nervous impulse

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dura mater

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thick, OUTERMOST layer of the meninges surrounding and protecting brain and spinal cord

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efferent nerve

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carries messages AWAY from brain & spinal cord, motor nerve

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ependymal cell

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glial cell that ines membranes within the brain and spinal cord - helps from cerebrospinal fluid

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ganglion

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collection of nerve cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system (PNS)

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glial (nueroglial) cell

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supportive and connective nerve cell that does not carry nerve impulses (astrocytes, microglial, ependymal cells & oligodendrocytes

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gyrus (pl gyri)

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sheet of nerve cells that produces a rounded ridge on the surface of cerebrl cortex - convolution

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hypothalamus

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portion of brain beneath thalamus- controls sleep, appetite, body temp, & pituitary gland secretion

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medulla oblongata

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part of the brain above spinal cord- controls breathing, heartbeat, bloodvessel size. nerve fibers cross over here

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meninges

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3 protective membranes that surround brain & spinal cord

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microglial cell

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phagocytic glial cell that removes waste products from nervous system

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motor nerve

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carries messages away from brain to motor muscles, efferent nerve

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myelin sheath

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covering of white fatty tissue that surrounds and insulates the axon of nerve cell, speeds up impulse along axon

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nueron

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nerve cell that carries impulses through body, parenchyma of nervous system

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nuerotransmitter

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chemical messenger released at the end of a nerve cell- stimulates or inhibits another cell (acetylcholine, norepinephrine, dopamine, serotonin

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oligodendroglial cell

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glial cell that forms the myelin sheath

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parasympathetic nerves

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involuntary autonomic nerves that regulate normal body functions- heart rate, breathing, gi tract muscles

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peripheral nervous system (PNS)

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nerves outside brain & spinal cord- cranial spinal & autonomic nerves

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pia mater

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thin delicate INNER membrane of meninges

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plexus

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large interlaced network of nerves - lumbosacral, cervical & brachial

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pons

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part of brain anterior to the cerebellum & bw the medulla & rest of midbrain. bridge connecting various parts of brain

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receptors

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organ that receives nervous impulses - nose, eyes, ears, tastebuds

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sensory nerve

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carries messages towards the brain & spinal cord from the receptor- afferent nerve

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spinal nerves

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31 pairs of nerves arising from spinal cord

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sulcus

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depression or groove in surface of cerebral cortex - fissure

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sympathetic nerves

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autonomic nerves that influenc bodily functions involuntarily during times of stress

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synapse

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space through a nervous impulse travels bw nerve cells or nerve & muscle/glandular cell

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thalamus

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main relay center of brain- conducts impulses bw spinal cord & cerebrum- incoming sensory messages are relayed through here & to appropriate places in cerebrum

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vagus nerve

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10th cranial nerve that branches all over body, only cranial nerve to leave brain/spinal cord

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ventricles of brain

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canals in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid

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