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Nervous System Flashcards

1
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Functions

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sensory, integrative, and motor

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2
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What are the two main parts?

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Central Nervous system and Peripheral Nervous system

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3
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What are the sub sections of the peripheral nervous system?

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Somatic and automatic

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4
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What the sub sections of the somatic and automatic nervous systems?

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Sympathetic and parasympathetic

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5
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Which are voluntary?

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somatic

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6
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Which are involuntary?

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automatic, sympathetic and parasympathetic

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7
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Parts of the neurone

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the dendrites, cell body, nucleus, axon branch, myelin, and axon

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8
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What is another name for sensory neurons?

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Afferent neurons

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9
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What is another name for motor neurons?

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Efferent neurons

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10
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What is another name for neuroglia?

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Glia

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11
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What do he glia do?

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support, nourish, and support neurons

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12
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Nerves contain both _____ and ______

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Sensory and motor

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13
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Where are nerves found?

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Only in the PNS

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14
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Where does the communication occur for neruons

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the synapse

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15
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The spinal cord transmits ________ to and from the brain

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Impulses

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16
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____ pairs of spinal nerves connect with the spinal cord by __ nerve roots

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31, 2

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17
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Which reflex is automatic and which is a relax that is learned?

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The spinal reflex is automatic and cranial reflex is learned.

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18
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What protects the CNS

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bones, cerebrospinal fluid, and meninges

19
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Meninges have how many layers?

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3

20
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The brain is divided into 2 main regions. True or false?

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False. The brain is divided into 4 main regions

21
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What are the regions of the brain?

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Cerebrum, diencephalon, brain stem, and cerebellum

22
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The Cerebrum is mostly _____ mater with an outer layer of _____.

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White, grey

23
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How many sections is the cerebrum divided into?

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2 hemispheres

24
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What does the left side of the brain control?

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Math, language, and reasoning

25
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What does the right side of the brain control?

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Motor skills, emotions, music, and art

26
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Each hemisphere of the brain is divided into how many lobes?

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4 lobes

27
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Concentration, planning and problem solving are controlled by this lobe?

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Frontal lobe

28
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The Parietal lobe controls what?

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Temperature, pressure, pain, and speech

29
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Hearing, smelling, and memory are controlled by which lobe?

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Temporal lobe

30
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Vision is controlled by the frontal lobe. True or False?

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False. Vision is controlled by the Occipital lobe

31
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How many parts are in the brain stem?

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3, midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata

32
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Diencephalon contains the ________ and _________

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Thalamus and hypothalamus

33
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What kind of information does the diencephalon receive and directs it to the cortex?

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Sensory

34
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What is the connection centre of the brain?

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The pons

35
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The midbrain is the centre for ?

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Reflexes for vision and hearing

36
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How does the medulla oblongata connect to the brain?

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By the spinal cord

37
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What does the medulla oblongata control?

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Vitals, vomiting, swallowing, coughing, and sneezing

38
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What kind of movement does the cerebellum control

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voluntary

39
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The cerebellum also maintains these 3 things

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Posture, balance, and coordination

40
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The Limbic system is which centre in the brain?

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Emotional centre

41
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What recognizes fear/anger, facial expressions, asses danger, and elicts the fear response in the limbic system?

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Amygdala

42
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Rhinencephalon

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Nose brain

43
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How many cranial nerves are there

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