Intro, CNS, PNS Flashcards
Name the 5 special senses.
Taste, olfaction, vision, equilibrium, and hearing.
Name the four subdivisions of the PNS.
Cranial nerves, spinal nerves, peripheral ANS and ENS.
The nervous system is divided functionally into ___ and ___, or ___ and ___.
SNS, ANS or Efferent, Afferent.
Name the structural and functional unit of the nervous system.
Neuron.
Name the structure that carries impulses away from the cell body.
Axon.
Neurons communicate with each other at the…
Synapse.
Nervous communication occurs by chemical reagents called…
Neurotransmitters.
What is the function of neuroglia?
Support the neurons.
A schwann cell is also known as…
Neurolemma cell.
The cranial ventricles are lined by…
Ependymal cells.
A collection of nerve cells in the CNS is known as…
A nucleus.
The meninges include…
Pia, arachnoid, and dura mater.
Name the layer which provides an effective barrier of the nerve fibers.
Perineurium.
What surrounds the axon and neurolemma cell?
Endoneurium.
Name two types of ganglia in function.
Sensory and visceral motor.
