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neurology Flashcards

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nervous system

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the master controlling and communicating system of the body

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central nervous system (CNS)

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made of brain and spinal cord; commands

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peripheral nervous system (PNS)

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made of spinal and cranial nerves; carries messages

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sensory division

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part of PNS; afferent

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motor division

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part of PNS ; efferent

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motor division 2 parts

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somatic and autonomic nervous system

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somotic nervous system (SNS)

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skeletal muscles

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autonomic nervous system (ANS)

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regulates smooth muscles, cardiac, and glands

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sympathetic

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fight or flight

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parasympathetic

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rest and digest

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neurons

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excitable cells that transmit electrical signals

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astrocyctes

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most abundant glial cell; cling to neurons and cover capillaries; form blood brain barrier

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microglia

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small, ovoid cells with spiny processes

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ependymal cells

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secrete CSF (cerebrospinal fluid)

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oligodendrocytes

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branched cells that wrap CNS nerve fibers with myelin

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schwann cells (neurolemmocytes)

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surround fibers of the PNS

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structural units of the nervous system

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body, axon, and dendrites

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perikaryon or SOMA

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contains nucleus and nucleolus; has nissl bodies

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axon hillock

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bump in axon

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tracts

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in CNS

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nerves

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in PNS

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nuclei is SOMA in

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CNS

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ganglia is SOMA in

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PNS

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dendrites

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receptive/ input regions of the neuron

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electrical signals are conveyed as

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graded local potentials

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long axons are called

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nerve fibers

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one unbranched axon

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per neuron

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rare branches are called

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axon collaterals

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axon function

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generate and transmit action potentials

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anterograde

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toward axonal terminal

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retrograde

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away from axonal terminal

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myelin sheath

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increase the speed of nerve impulse transmission

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myelin sheath formation

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formed by schwann cells

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neurilemma

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remaining nucleus and cytoplasm of schwann cell

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nodes of ranvier

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gaps in the myelin sheath between adjacent schwann cells

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36
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no neurliemma means what functionally

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no regeneration

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white matter

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myelinated fiber

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gray matter

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unmyelinated fiber

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multipolar

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3 or more processes

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bipolar

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2 processes

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unipolar

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single, short process

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sensory transmits impulses

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toward CNS

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motor transmits impulses

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away from CNS

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interneurons shuttle signals

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the CNS pathways

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passive or leakage channels

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always open

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chemically/ ligand gated channels

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open with binding of neurotransmitter

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voltage gated channels

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open and close in response to membrane potential

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resting state of neuron

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graded potential

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short local changes in membrane potential

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action poential

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a brief reversal membrane potential with an amplitude of 100

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depolarization

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the inside of the membrane becomes less negative

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repolarization

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the membrane returns back to its resting state

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hyperpolarization

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the inside of the membrane becomes more negative then the resting state

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threshold

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membrane is depolarized by 15 to 20 mV

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weak stimuli

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is not dependent on action potentials

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strong stimuli

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do relay on action potentials

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the absolute refactory period

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prevents the neuron from generating and action potential

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axon diameter

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the larger the diameter the faster the impulse

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presynaptic neuron

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conducts impulses toward the synapse

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postsynaptic neuron

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transmits impulses away from the synapse

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axodendritic

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synapses between the axon of the one neuron and the dendrite of another

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axosomatic

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synapses between the axon of the one neuron and the soma of another

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neurotransmitter must

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be released, diffuse across the synapse, and bind to receptors

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EPSP

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excitatory postsynaptic potential

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IPSP

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inhibitory postsynaptic potential

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neurotransmitter

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chemicals used for neuronal communication with the body and the brain

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chemical neurotransmitters

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acetylocholine, biogenic amines

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catecholamines

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dopamine, norepinephrine, and epinephrine

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excitatory neurotransmitters cause

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depolarizations

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inhibitory neurotransmitters cause

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hyperpolarizations

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central sulcus

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separates the frontal and parietal lobes

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parieto occipital sulcus

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seperates the parietal and occipital lobes

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lateral sulcus

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seperates the parietal and temporal lobes

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the precentral and postcentral gyri

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border the central sulcus

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motor areas

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control voluntary movement

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sensory areas

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conscious awareness of sensation

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association

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integrate diverse information

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which lobe is the precentral gyrus located

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premotor cortex

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controls learned, repetitious, or patterned motor skills

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which lobe is the postcentral gyrus in

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wernickes area

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sounding out unfamiliar words

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broccas area

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speech preparation and production

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cerebral dominance

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designates the hemisphere dominant for language

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left hemisphere

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controls lauguage, math, and logic

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right hemisphere

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controls visual spatial skills, emotion, and artistic skills

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pineal glands

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extends from the postierior border and secretes melatonin

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brain stem has 3 regions

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midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

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cerebral peduncles

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2 bulging structures that contain desening pyramidal motor tracts

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cerebral aqueduct

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hollow tube that connects the third and fourth ventricles

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superior colliculi

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visual reflex centers

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inferior colliculi

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auditory reflex centers

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amygdala

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deals with anger,danger,and fear

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cingulaye gyrus

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expressing emotions

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hippocampal structures

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convert new information into long term memories

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RAS

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recticular activating system

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what type of fibers compose the corona radiata

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projection fibers

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where are the perikaryons of the first order neurons located

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dorsal root ganglion

98
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where are the perikaryons of the third order neurons located

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