Nervous System

Question 1

nerve pain

Answer 1

neuralgia

Question 2

paralysis of the legs

Answer 2

paraplegia

Question 3

paralysis of the arms and legs

Answer 3

quadriplegia

Question 4

paralysis of half the body

Answer 4

hemiplegia

Question 5

paralysis of one limb

Answer 5

monoplegia

Question 6

functional unit of nervous system

Answer 6

neuron

Question 7

receive communications from other cells

Answer 7

dendrites

Question 8

genetic material of the cell

Answer 8

nucleus

Question 9

stores neurotransmitters

Answer 9

axon

Question 10

wraps around axons; insulates neurons

Answer 10

myelin sheath

Question 11

structure that allows electrical or chemical signal to another neuron

Answer 11

synapse

Question 12

Brain + Spinal cord is the ______

Answer 12

CNS

Question 13

nerves found throughout the body

Answer 13

PNS

Question 14

Peripheral Nervous System further broken down into

Answer 14

Peripheral nerves, Somatic Nervous Sytem and Autonomic nervous system

Question 15

controls body’s voluntary skeletal muscles

Answer 15

Somatic nervous system

Question 16

controls body’s automatic functions

Answer 16

autonomic nervous system

Question 17

controls fight or flight response to stress

Answer 17

sympathetic branch

Question 18

returns body to resting state after stress

Answer 18

parasympathetic branch

Question 19

temporary paralysis, loss of facial feeling, facial dropping

Answer 19

bells palsy

Question 20

Caused when brain cells die because of an inadequate blood flow

Answer 20

stroke

Question 21

covers brain and spinal cord

Answer 21

meninges

Question 22

part of brain responsible for sight

Answer 22

occipital lobe

Question 23

part of brain responsible for hearing

Answer 23

temporal

Question 24

part of brain responsible for problem solving and speech production

Answer 24

frontal lobe

Question 25

part of brain responsible for touch perception

Answer 25

parietal