Nervous System

Question 1

Central Nervous System

Answer 1

Brain
Spinal cord

Question 2

Peripheral Nervous Systen

Answer 2

Cranial nerves
Spinal nerves

Question 3

Sensory nerves

Answer 3

Messages toward brain; afferent

Question 4

Motor Nerves

Answer 4

From the brain; efferent

Question 5

Automatic Nervous System

Answer 5

Nervous system to organs; sympathetic and parasympathetic

Question 6

Sympathetic

Answer 6

Fight or flight

Question 7

Parasympathetic

Answer 7

Nerve balance

Question 8

Neuron

Answer 8

Electrical impulse

Question 9

Parts of a Neuron

Answer 9

1. Dendrites- tree/branching
2. Cell body
3. Nucleus
4. Axon- cord-like
5. Myelin sheath (wraps around axon)
6. Terminal end fibers
7. Synapse (neurotransmitters: dopamine, epinephrine, serotonin)

Question 10

Glia Cells

Answer 10

Maintain health of nervous system; 4 types of

Question 11

Astrocytes

Answer 11

BBB; protect brain from harmful substances

Question 12

Microglia

Answer 12

Protect neurons when’s there’s inflammation

Question 13

Oligdendroglia

Answer 13

Protect dendrites and sheath

Question 14

Ependymal

Answer 14

Ependym/o- wrapping

Question 15

Frontal lobe

Answer 15

Thought process, behavior, personality, and emotion

Question 16

Parietal

Answer 16

Sensations, vision, spatial perception

Question 17

Occipital

Answer 17

Vision

Question 18

Temporal

Answer 18

Hearing, understanding, speech/language

Question 19

Gyri

Answer 19

Folds in the brain

Question 20

Sulci

Answer 20

Deep grooves

Question 21

Corpus callosum

Answer 21

Holds hemispheres together

Question 22

CSF

Answer 22

Cerebral spinal fluid

Question 23

Meninges

Answer 23

Viral, bacterial, fungal (meningitis)

Question 24

Cerebellum

Answer 24

Voluntary movement and balance

Question 25

Thalamus

Answer 25

Consciousness, learning, and memory. Information station.

Question 26

Hypothalamus

Answer 26

Below thalamus Body temp., sleep, appetite, sex, and emotion Regulates hormones Monitors sympathetic and parasympathetic

Question 27

Pons (bridge)

Answer 27

Houses nerves for face and eyes

Question 28

Midbrain

Answer 28

Top

Question 29

Medulla oblongata

Answer 29

Connects spinal cord to brain, regulates blood vessels, heart, respiratory, and emesis

Question 30

Myelin

Answer 30

Fatty insulation for nerve cells

Question 31

Ganglion

Answer 31

Collection of nerve cells

Question 32

Para/plegic

Answer 32

Waist down

Question 33

Quadr/o/plegic

Answer 33

Neck down

Question 34

Hemi/plegia

Answer 34

Half paralyzed

Question 35

Meninges

Answer 35

Membranes

Question 36

Dura mater

Answer 36

Hard mother, first membrane

Question 37

Subdural Space

Answer 37

Underneath dura

Question 38

Arachnoid membrane

Answer 38

Webbing

Question 39

Subarachnoid space

Question 40

Pia mater

Answer 40

Soft mother

Question 41

Parenchyma

Answer 41

Distinguishing tissue of any organ or system

Question 42

Lept/o

Answer 42

Thin/slender

Question 43

Pont/o

Answer 43

Pons

Question 44

Thec/o

Answer 44

Sheath/meninges

Question 45

Alges/o

Answer 45

Algesia; sensitivity to pain

Question 46

Caus/o

Answer 46

Burning

Question 47

Comat/o

Answer 47

Coma

Question 48

-esthenia

Answer 48

Feeling

Question 49

Kines/o

Answer 49

Movement

Question 50

-lepsy

Answer 50

Seizure

Question 51

-paresis ~ plagia

Answer 51

Paralysis

Question 52

-phasia

Answer 52

Speech

Question 53

-sthenia

Answer 53

Strength

Question 54

Syncop/o

Answer 54

Cut off

Question 55

Radical/o

Answer 55

Nerve root

Question 56

Hydrocephalus

Answer 56

Water on the brain

Question 57

Spina bifida

Answer 57

Mening/o/cele- herniation of the membrane; occulta- hidden

Question 58

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Answer 58

ALS; loss of mobility and communication

Question 59

Myasthenia gravis

Answer 59

Weakness of muscles and rapid fatigue

Question 60

Palsy

Answer 60

Paralysis

Question 61

Edema

Answer 61

Swelling

Question 62

Thrombotic

Answer 62

Blood clot in the arteries leaving the brain

Question 63

Embolic

Answer 63

Dislodge blood clot, that travels to cerebral arteries

Question 64

Hemorrhagic

Answer 64

Blood vessel, breaks, and bleeding occurs

Question 65

Aneurysm

Answer 65

Weakened area in an artery

Question 66

FAST

Answer 66

Face, arm, smile, time

Question 67

Angiogram

Answer 67

Visualization of the vessel in the brain (stoke)

Question 68

EEG

Answer 68

Electroencephalograph; recording of the electrical impulses of the brain (seizure)

Question 69

CT

Answer 69

Computed tomography

Question 70

ALS

Answer 70

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Question 71

BBB

Answer 71

Blood brain barrier

Question 72

CVA

Answer 72

Cerebrovascular accident

Question 73

LP

Answer 73

Lumbar puncture, spinal tap

Question 74

TBI

Answer 74

Traumatic brain injury

Question 75

TIA

Answer 75

Transient ischemic attack