DECK 3- CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

Question 1

Define CNS.

Answer 1

Contains the brain and spinal cord; it processes sensory input and is the origin of thoughts, emotions, and memories. It is also where nerve impulses that cause muscles to contract and glands to secrete come from.

Question 2

Conducting an action potential down the axon of the neuron

Answer 2

Axonal Conduction

Question 3

A process by which information is carried across the gap between neuron and postsynaptic cell.

Answer 3

Synaptic Transmission

Question 4

The passage is limited to lipid-soluble agents or via specific transport system

Answer 4

Blood Brain Barrier

Question 5

Decreasing response after using drugs for a long time.

Answer 5

Tolerance

Question 6

A condition where abruptly discontinuing drug use will cause a withdrawal syndrome.

Answer 6

Physical Dependence

Question 7

Treatment for COPD and druid overdose-induced respiratory depression.

Answer 7

Doxapram

Question 8

Advancing neurodegenerative
Dopamine deficit is a disorder marked by a lack of the neurotransmitter in the brain, which results in both motor and non-motor symptoms.

Answer 8

Parkinson’s Disease

Question 9

5 steps of synaptic transmission.

Answer 9

-Action and receptor
-Termination of transmission
-Synthesis of neurotransmitter
-Storage of vesicle
-Release of neurotransmitters from the terminal neuron

Question 10

Drugs That block Receptor

Answer 10

Anticolinergic Agents

Question 11

Characterized as the involuntary contraction of a muscle or group of muscles

Answer 11

Muscle spasm

Question 12

Most commonly prescribed anticonvulsant drug

Answer 12

Valproic acid

Question 13

Slow down bodily and mental processes.

Answer 13

Benzodiazepine

Question 14

The basis of epilepsy treatment.

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Carbamazepine

Question 15

Cells that move electrical signals across the body in a cell-to-cell fashion.

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Neurons

Question 16

Bind to a carrier protein and act at a receptor resulting in increased GABA in the brain.

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Gabapentin

Question 17

A class of diseases marked by the CNS’s excessively excitable neurons.

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Epilepsis

Question 18

The general term that applies to all types of epileptic events.

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Seizure

Question 19

Abnormal motor phenomenon

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Convulsion

Question 20

A brief absence of oxygen during pregnancy frequently results in birth abnormalities such as poorly controlled voluntary muscles, convulsions, mental retardation, and/or impaired hearing and vision.

Answer 20

Cerebral Palsy