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Nervous System Test Flashcards

1
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Coronal

A

Divides front/back

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2
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Sagittal

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Divides left/right

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Transverse

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Divides up/down

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4
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Brain wave activity recorded with _____ - electroencephalogram.

A

EEG

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5
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Meninges attach to _______ _______ inside cranium.

A

Crista galli

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6
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Nerves can be ______, ________, or _______, neurons are single use.

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Motor, sensory, or both

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7
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True or false:
Nerves sometimes regenerate in the PNS, not the CNS

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True

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8
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Synapse definition

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Junction of nerve with other nerve, muscle, or gland

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9
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Brain=

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Cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem

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10
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Brainstem=

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Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

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11
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True or false:
Brainstem becomes spinal cord as it leaves through foramen magnum.

A

True

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12
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Brainstem: crossover of motor fibers happens at ____________.

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Medulla oblongata

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13
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Gyrus= _________; sulcus= _________

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Mound; groove

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14
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Balance and coordination

A

Cerebellum

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15
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Memory and reasoning

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Cerebrum

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16
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Alertness/awareness, activates cerebral cortex into wakefulness

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Reticular formation

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17
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Connect right and left hemispheres

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Corpus callosum

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18
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Rearrangement/recombination of nerve fibers at several levels of the spinal nerves

19
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Emotion location

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Limbic system

20
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______ is a bundle of _________

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Nerve; neurons

21
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_______= single fiber

22
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_______ connects CNS to muscles and skin

23
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_________ connects CNS to viscera

24
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__________= fight or flight
-noradrenaline is the main neurotransmitter

A

Sympathetic

25
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_____________= bodily systems at rest, regular activity
-8 phrases taken from table in assignment where you need to indicate which division responsible

A

Parasympathetic

26
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Microglial- ________ debris

27
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Astrocyte- _________, supply _________, and waste removal

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Support; nutrients

28
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Oligodendrocytes- make ______ in central nervous system (CNS)

29
Q

Ependymal cells- create _______ ______ in ventricles

A

Choroid plexus

30
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Schwann cells create myelin in ________ _________ ________ (____)

A

Peripheral nervous system (PNS)

31
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Dendrites- extensions that ______ impulses

32
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Axon- extension that ______ impulses

33
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____ ___ _______- gap between Schwann cells on myelinated axon

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Node of Ranvier

34
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(Function of lobe)

Frontal-

A

Memory, intelligence, reasoning, motor

35
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(Function of lobe)

Parietal-

36
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(Function of lobe)

Temporal-

A

Speech and hearing

37
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(Function of lobe)

Occipital-

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Sight, vision

38
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Action potential sequence:

At rest, higher _______ outside, higher _________ inside

A

Sodium; potassium

39
Q

Action potential sequence:

Depolarization occurs when ______________________

A

Sodium floods inward

40
Q

Meninges:

Order- outermost= ______, middle= _________, inside= ______

A

Dura; arachnoid; pia

41
Q

Paragraph pt. 1

Cerebrospinal fluid is made by the _________ in the ________ ventricles which are located in the __________.

A

Choroid plexus; lateral; cerebrum

42
Q

Paragraph pt. 2

From there is flows through the 3rd ventricle which is _________________.

A

Between cerebrum and brainstem

43
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Paragraph pt. 3

Then it flows through the 4th ventricle, _______________, then to the central canal of the spinal cord.

A

Between cerebellum and brainstem

44
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Paragraph pt. 4

From the 4th ventricle the fluid also enters the _____________, and finally is _______________.

A

Subarachnoid space; reabsorbed into blood

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