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Introduction Part II (Exam 1) Flashcards

1
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How many pairs of cranial nerves?

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12

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2
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How many pairs of spinal nerves?

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31

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3
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_____ efferent neurons innervate skeletal muscle.

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Somatic

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4
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_____ efferent neurons innervate cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and gland.

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Autonomic

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5
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Transmit signals from receptors to CNS.

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Sensory Neurons

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6
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____ located in the brain stem.

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Cranial Nerves

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7
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31 spinal nerves include:

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8 cervical, 12 thoracic, 5 lumbar, 5 sacral, 1 coccygeal

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8
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Ends at L2 level.

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Conus Medularis

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9
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Extends from the inferior end of spinal cord.

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Cauda Equina

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10
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Spinal Nerve Root Afferent/Sensory

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Dorsal Root(Posterior)

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11
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Spinal Nerve Root Efferent/Motor

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Ventral Root (Anterior)

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12
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Region of skin innervated by sensory afferent fibers from an individual spinal nerve.

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Dermatome

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13
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Group of motor muscles innervated by a spinal nerve.

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Myotome

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14
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Cervical Plexus

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C1-4

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15
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Innervates the diaphragm.

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Phrenic Nerve C3-5

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16
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Brachial Plexus

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C5-T1

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17
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5 Primary Nerves of the Brachial Plexus

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Musculocutaneous (forearm flexors) , Axillary (Deltoid) , Radial (Wrist/Finger Extensors) , Median (Forearm Pronators, Wrist/Finger Flexors) , Ulnar (Flex, Abd/Add Fingers).

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18
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Lumbosacral Plexus

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L1-S3

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19
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6 Nerves of Lumbosacral Plexus

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Obturator (Hip Abd) , Femoral (Quads) , Superior Gluteal (Hip Abd, Glut Min, TFL), Inferior Gluteal (Glut Max), Common Peroneal (Peroneals, Ant .Tib (Deep), Tibial (Post. Tib, Flexor Dig Hall/Longus)

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20
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A simple, local interruption of conduction affecting the myelin only. (Hand Falling Asleep)

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Neurapraxia

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21
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Nerves segments proximal to injury site degenerates back to the ___ Node of Ranvier it encounters.

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First

22
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Changes in nerve distal to injury.

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Wallerian Degeneration

23
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Axons grow ___mm per day or ___ inch per month.

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1

24
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If cell body is destroyed?

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No regeneration.

25
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Myelin can take ___ days to ___ year to reform.

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10 days, 1 year.

26
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Separated in L and R sides, connected by thick band of nerve fibers called?

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Corpus Collosum

27
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Adheres to the brain. Thin, high vascularized. Houses Circle of Willis.

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Pia Mater

28
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Thin web-like layer. Avascular.

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Arachnoid Mater

29
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Layer against the skull. Tough fibrous layer.

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Dura Mater

30
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Sulci

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Depressions

31
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Gyri

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Ridges

32
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L Hemisphere

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Verbal, Analytical

33
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R Hemisphere

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Nonverbal, Artistic

34
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Allows communication between hemispheres.

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Corpus Collosum

35
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Thought, Conscious, Motor Center, Language, Reasoning, Perception

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Cerebral Cortex Functions

36
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Four ventricles of brain contain.

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CSF

37
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Where is the CSF produced ?

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Choroid Plexus

38
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Dominant Hemisphere

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Left

39
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____% are left hemisphere dominant.

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95%, Right Handed

40
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Masses of gray matter deep within the cerebrum.

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Basal Ganglia

41
Q

Area where major sensory tracts and the visual/auditory pathways synapse.

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Diencephalon

42
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Which nervous system includes cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and ganglia?

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PNS

43
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Primary Motor Cortex

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Frontal Lobe

44
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Responsible for speech.

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Broca’s Area (Frontal Lobe)

45
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Primary Sensory Cortex

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Parietal Lobe

46
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Short-Term Memory

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Parietal Lobe

47
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Judgement, Awareness, Attention, Thinking, Aggression, Mood, Abstract

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Frontal Lobe

48
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Auditory Cortex

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Temporal Lobe

49
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Understanding, Read, Hear

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Wenicke’s Area (Temporal Lobe)

50
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Visual Processing

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Occipital Lobe

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