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Nervous System & Muskuloskeletal System Study Guide Flashcards

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True or False:

The cerebrum, which is the the largest division in the brain, is divided into four hemispheres. ______

A

False

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How many brain lobes do we have in our brain

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We had 4 brain lobes in our brain

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Which brain lobe plays a role in proprioception?

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Parietal lobe

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Which lobe contributes to hearing?

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Temporal lobe

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5
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Which brain lobe helps with sight?

A

Occipital lobe

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Which lobe contributes to emotions and personality?

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Frontal lobe

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What are the parts of the Central Nervous System, and what are their functions?

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The brain and the spinal cord. The brain is the central command center organ and it controls “complex” decisions. The spinal cord helps with simple decisions and information transmission

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What are the parts of the Peripheral Nervous System?

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Somatic and Autonomic

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9
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sensory information & voluntary movement.

A

Somatic

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Sympathetic - increases support increased physical activity.

Parasympathetic - increases support decreases physical activity.

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Autonomic

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Base unit that has very simple function – “decide” whether to transmit signal or not

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Nerve

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Collection of cell bodies and dendrites

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Ganglia

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13
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What do Glial cells do?

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Support and assist neurons

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14
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About how many neurons does a human have?

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About 100 billion

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System of bones which are alive

A

Skeleton

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16
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The _____ is a skeleton inside the body.

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Endoskeleton

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17
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What do bones protect?

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Organs

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18
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True or False:

Bones provide support for your body and make it possible to sit and stand.

A

True

19
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The soft tissue in the center of bones.

A

marrow

20
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Dense and hard bone with no visible spaces

A

Compact bone

21
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How many bones are in a regular adult human body?

A

206 bones

22
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What type of joint are the shoulders and hips?

A

Ball and socket joint

23
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What type of joint is the wrist?

A

Gliding Joint

24
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What type of joint are the elbow and knee

A

Hinge joint

25
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A place where two or more bones connect

A

Joint

26
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A joint that doesn’t move or has very little movement and protects important internal organs.

A

Fixed joint

27
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The function of a neuron is to…

A

Decide whether to transmit a signal or not

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Where does the neuron receive information

A

Dendrites

29
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Approximately how many neurons are in our body?

A

About 100 billion

30
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________/________ creates functions independently (parallel processing)

A

Systems/circuits

31
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Chemical message are sent through what

A

Synopsis

32
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What are the spaces between the myelin sheath called?

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Nodes of Ranvier

33
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_________-sensory information & voluntary movement

A

Somatic

34
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_________- Produce myelin, nourishment, repair, waste disposal, etc.

A

Glial cells

35
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What makes“Simple decisions” passed to “higher” levels for that add additional information to create generate more complex decisions (hierarchical processing).

A

Neurons

36
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The ________ is mostly made of the muscles that allow a body to move and be flexible.

A

The muscular system

37
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How many muscles are in the human body? _________

A

More than 600

38
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What are three types of muscles

A

Smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle

39
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The ________ bends the joint and the ________ straightens the joins.

A

Flexor, extender

40
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What connects muscle to bones?

A

Tendons

41
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What connects bones to bones?

A

Ligaments

42
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What is a muscle injury in which a muscle is overstretched or torn?

A

Strain

43
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What condition causes skeletal muscles to becomes weaker over time?

A

Muscular Dystrophy

44
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What condition causes tendons to become inflamed or torn?

A

Tendinitis

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