Chapter 8: Central Nervous System

Question 1

The limbic system encircles the top of the

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Brainstem

Question 2

The limbic system influences ______

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Unconscious and instinctive behaviors

Question 3

This behavior is modified by the

Answer 3

Cerebral Cortex

Question 4

A part of the limbic system is the

Answer 4

Olfactory Bulb

Question 5

Carries impulses from the sensory neurons to the motor neurons

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Associative Neurons

Question 6

The extension of the neuron that carries the messages away from the nerve cell body

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Axon

Question 7

The type of nervous tissue that insulates and supports the nerve

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Neuroglia (“nerve glue”)

Question 8

The ability of a neuron to react to stimuli

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Irritability

Question 9

Neurons that carry messages to the brain and spinal cord

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Afferent Neurons

Question 10

The extensions of the neuron that take messages to the cell body

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Dendrites

Question 11

The two main communication systems of the body are the nervous system and the

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Endocrine System

Question 12

Neurons that carry messages from the brain and spinal cord

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Efferent Neurons

Question 13

The area where messages go from the axon of one cell to the dendrite of another

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Synapse Cleft

Question 14

The neurotransmitter between muscle cells and nerve cells

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Acetylcholine

Question 15

The inflammation of the linings of the brain and spinal cord

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Meningitis

Question 16

An inflammation of the brain

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Encephalitis

Question 17

A seizure disorder of the brain, characterized by a recurring and excessive discharge from neurons

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Epilepsy

Question 18

A disturbance in voluntary muscular action due to brain damage

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Cerebral Palsy (CP)

Question 19

A contagious viral disease of the nerve pathways of the spinal cord that causes paralysis

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Poliomyelitis

Question 20

A condition that involves an increased volume of cerebrospinal fluid within the ventricles of the brain due to a blockage

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Hydrocephalus

Question 21

A disorder that causes rhythmic shaking (is progressive, often inherited disorder that occurs in later adulthood)

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Essential Tremor

Question 22

An autoimmune, chronic inflammatory disease of the central nervous system in which the immune cells attack the myelin sheath of nerve cell axons

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Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

Question 23

A mosquito-borne virus

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West Nile Virus (WNV)

Question 24

Is defined as a loss in at least two areas of complex behavior, such as language, memory, visual and spatial abilities, or judgement that significantly interferes with a person’s daily life

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Dementia

Question 25

A progressive degenerative disease in which the initial sysymptom is usually a problem with remembering recently learned information

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Alzheimer’s Disease

Question 26

A localized mass of blood collection (may occur in the spaces of meninges; cause may be a traumatic blow to the head

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Hematoma

Question 27

Removal of cerebrospinal fluid for diagnostic purposes (inserted between the third and fourth lumbar vertebrae)

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Lumbar Puncture