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NAME THE 2 DIVISIONS OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

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CNS - CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
PNS - PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM

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FIGHT OR FLIGHT

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SYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

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CALMS YOU DOWN WHEN THE EMERGENCY IS OVER

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PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

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MIDDLE MEMBRANCE OF THE MENINGES THAT ENCLOSES THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD

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ARACHNOID TISSUE

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PORTION OF THE BRAIN INVOLVED IN CONTROL OF SKELETAL MUSCLES, BALANCE, AND FINE VOLUNTARY MOVEMENTS

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CEREBELLUM

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A WATER CUSHION PROTECTING THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD FROM PHYSICAL IMPACT

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CEREBROSPINAL FLUID

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LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN, CONSISTING OF 2 HEMISPHERES DIVIDED INOT THE FRONTAL, PARIETAL, OCCIPITAL, AND TEMPORAL LOBES

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CEREBRUM

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OUTERMOST MEMBRANCE OF THE MENINGES COVERING THE SPINLA CORD AND BRAIN

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DURA MATER

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OPENING IN THE OCCIPITAL BONE THROUGH WHICH THE SPINAL CORD PASSES

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FORAMEN MAGNUM

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THE FLATTENED PART OF EITHER SIDE OF THE ARCH OF A VERTEBRA; FORMS THE DORSAL PORTION OF THE VEREBRAL ARCH

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LAMINA

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A COMBINED MOTOR AND SENSORY NERVE OF THE ARM; DISTRIBUTION INCLUDES SKIN OF THE PALM AND THE FIRST FOUR FINGERS

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MEDIAN NERVE

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THE LOWER PART OF THE BRAINSTEM CONTINUOUS WITH THE SPINAL CORD; REGULATES HEART RATE, BREATHIN, BLOOD PRESSUE, AND OTHER REFLEXES

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MEDULLA OBLONGATA

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3 MEMBRANCE COVERING THE SPINAL CORD AND BRAIN

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DURA MATER (EXTERNAL)
ARACHNOID (MIDDLE)
PIA MATER (INTERNAL)

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THE INNER PORTION OR CENTER OF THE TISSUE THAT CUSHIONS VERTEBRAL DISKS

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NUCLEUS PULPOSUS

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THE MOST COMMON PEDIATRIC SKULL DEFORMITY, RESULTS FROM A PREMATURE CLOSUE OF THE CRANIAL SUTURE LINES

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CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS

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SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO REPAIR CRANIAL DEFECTS

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CRANIOPLASTY

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3 PARTS OF THE BRAIN

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FOREBRAIN
MIDBRAIN
HINDBRAIN

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WHERE THE THALMUS AND HYPOTHALAMUS ARE LOCATED

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DIENCEPHALON

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BLOOD SUPPLY TO THE BRAIN

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CAROTIDS
CERTEBRAL ARTERIES
BASILAR ARTERIES

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CAVITIES WITHIN THE BRAIN FILLED WITH CSF

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VENTRICLES

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MOST COMMON OF ALL BRAIN TUMORS

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ASTROCYTOMA

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22
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TUMORS OF THE MENINGES

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MENINGIOMAS

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23
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INCOMPLETE CLOSURE OF THE VERTEBRAL ARCHES IN THE SPINE CAUSING DAMAGE TO THE SPIN AND NERVES

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SPINA BIFIDA

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24
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CONDITION WHERE AN EXCESSIVE AMOUNT OF CSF IN THE BRAIN

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HYDROCEPHALUS

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SHUNT PLACED IN THE LATERAL VENTRICLES OF THE BRAIN TO THE PERITONEAL CAVITY

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VENTRICULOPERITONEAL SHUNT

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INSTRUMENT USED TO MEASURE CSF

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MANOMETER

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27
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WEAKENING IN THE ARTERIAL WALL OF A CEREBRAL VESSEL

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ANEURYSMS

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HEMATOMA BETWEEN TEH SKULL AND DURA

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EPIDURAL HEMATOMA

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HEMATOMA BLEEDING IN THE SPACE BETWEEN TEH DURA AND THE BRAIN

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SUBDURAL HEMATOMAS

30
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SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO MOVE THE ULNAR NERVE FROM BEHIND THE MEDIAL EPICONDYLE TO A BETTER POSITION TO PREVENT NERVE IMPINGEMENT

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ULNAR NERVE TRANSPOSITION

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CONTRAST MEDIA IS INJECTED INTO THE SUBARACHNOID SPACE IN TEH SPINE AND FLURO IS USED TO VIEW THE SPINAL CORD, NERVE ROOTS, AND SPINAL COLUMN

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MYELOGRAPHY

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SELF-RETAINING RETRACTOR FOR BRAIN TISSUE

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LEYLA-YASARGIL

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COMPRESSION OF THE MEDIAN NERVE

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CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME

34
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CRANIAL NERVE THAT CONTROLS THE SENSATION OF THE FACE, FOREHEAD, MOUTH, NOSE, TOP OF THE HEAD AND CHEWING

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CN #4
TRIGEMINAL

35
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CRANIAL NERVE THE CONTROLS TEH SENSE OF TASTE AND PHARYNGEAL MOVEMENT, AS WELL AS THE PAROTID GLAND AND CALIVATION

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CN #9
VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR

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CAVITIES WITHIN THE BRAIN THAT ARE FILLED WITH CSF

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VENTRICLES

37
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CIRCULAR CONNECTION OF ARERIES THAT SUPPLIES BLOOD TO THE BRAIN

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CIRCLE OF WILLIS

38
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CRANIAL NERVE RESPONSIBLE FOR VISUAL INFORMATION TO THE BRAIN (RETINA TO BRAIN)

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CN #2
OPTIC

39
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CONNECTS THE THIRD AND FOURTH VENTRICLE

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AQUEDUCT OF SYLVIUS

40
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INTERCRANIAL TUMOR THAT IS CANCEROUS AND FAST GROWING

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GLIOBLASTOMA

41
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CRANIAL DEFECT CAUSING A SAC LIKE PROTRUSION THROUGH THE SKULL THAT CONTAINS CSF, MENINGES, AND BRAIN TISSUE

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ENCEPHALOCELE

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BONE OF THE SKULL WHICH JOINS THE FRONTAL AND PARIETAL BONES

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CORONAL SUTURE

43
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PROCEDURE THAT CUTS THE LATERAL PATHWAYS OF THE SPINAL CORD TO RELIEVE PAIN

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CORDOTOMY

44
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TOWARD THE TAIL

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CAUDAL

45
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MENINGEAL LAYER LOCATED PROXIMMAL TO THE BRAIN

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PIA MATER

46
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DIAGNOSTIC TEST USED TO MEASURE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY OF THE BRAIN

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ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY

47
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AREA OF CEREBRAL CIRCULATIONS WHERE THE BASILIAR ARTERIES FEED INTO

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CIRCLE OF WILLIS

48
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HEMOSTATIC SCALP CLIPS

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RANEY CLIPS

49
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MEDICATION USED TO PREVENT INCREASED INTRACRANIAL PRESSUE AND TO REDUCE EDEMA

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MANNITOL

50
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SURGICAL PROCEDURE THAT USES A BALLOON WHICH IS INSERTED IN BETWEEN THE VERTEBRA AND INFUSED WITH BONE CEMENT

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KYPHOPLASTY

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LARGEST PART OF THE BRAIN

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CEREBRUM

52
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INSTRUMENT USED FOR PRECISE DISSECTION, IRRIGATION, AND ASPIRATION OF BRAIN TUMORS

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CUSA

53
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TECHNIQUE THAT USES GEOMETRIC COORDINATES TO PROVIDE A THREE-DIMENSIONAL PICTURE OF THE BRAIN

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STEREOTACTIC

54
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WHAT PORTION OF THE SPINE DOES SCOLOSIS EFFECT

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THORACIC

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HOW MANY VERTEBRAE MAKE UP THE SPINE

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33
ADULTS ONLY HAVE 26 VERTEBRAE BECAUSE BONES FUSE TOGETHER AS WE AGE

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NUMBER OF CRANIAL NERVES

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12

57
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SECOND CERVICAL VERTEBRAE

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AXIS

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SURGICAL PROCEDURE TO TREAT CRANIOSYNOSTOSIS

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CRANIOPLASTY

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INSTRUMENT USED TO REMOVE A HERNIATED NUCLEUS PULPOSUS (DISK)

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PITUITARY RONGEUR

60
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SHUNTS PLACED FOR HYDROCEPHALUS COMMONLY DRAIN INTO WHAT STRUCTURES

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PERITONEUM AND RIGHT ATRIUM

61
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USED TO TAG DURAL TRACTION SUTURES

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BULLDOGS

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TISSUE/STRUCTURE FOUND IN THE SELLA TURCICA

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PITUITARY GLAND

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MENINGEAL LAYER WHERE BLEEDING MOST COMMONLY OCCURS FOLLOWING TRAUMA

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SUBDURAL SPACE

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SHALLOW GROOVE ON THE BRAIN

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SULCUS

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SURGICAL RESECTION OF THE DORSAL ROOT OF A SPINE NERVE TO RELIEVE PAIN

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RHIZOTOMY

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APPROACHES FOR CRANIOTOMY

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FRONTAL
FRONTOTEMPORAL
BIFRONTAL

67
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PART OF THE BRAIN AT THE BACK OF THE SKULL. IT’S FUNCTION IS TO COORDINATE AND REGULATE MUSCULAR ACTIVITY; SECOND LARGEST STRUTURE OF THE BRAIN

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CEREBELLUM

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USED FOR SPONGING AROUND THE SPINAL CORD

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COTTONOIDS

69
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DEEP GROOVE IN TEH BRAIN

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FISSURE

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STRUCTURE DEEP WITHIN THE BRAIN, MAIN LINK BETWEEN THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM AND AUTOMATIC NERVOUS SYSTEM

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HYPOTHALAMUS

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TIC DOULOUREUX (TRIGEMINAL NEURALGIA) IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH CN

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5TH

72
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MENIERE’S SYNDROME (BUILD UP OF FLUID IN THE INNER EAR) IS ASSOCIATED WITH WHICH CN

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8TH

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