Other terms Flashcards
What are the 3 protective structures of the CNS
cerebrovascular circulation, csf, blood brain barrier
What is a Chromatolysis injury?
the swelling of a neuron because of injury
What is a Neuronophagia injury?
phagocytosis and inflammatory responses caused by a dead neuron damaging neighboring cells
What is a Intraneuronal inclusions injury?
distinctive structures formed in the nucleus or cytoplasm
Afferent neuron; travel direction and what type
sensory; PNS to CNS
efferent neuron; travel direction and what type
motor; CNS to PNS
Interneuron neuron; what type
afferent and efferent
1st order neuron; travel direction
Peripheral to spinal column
2nd order neuron; travel direction
spinal column to thalamus
3rd order neuron; travel direction
thalamus to wherever in brain sensation is processed
MAP calculation:
120/60
80
MAP calculation:
140/80
100
Ataxic breathing pattern
unpredictable irregularity
Virchow Triad 3 risk factors?
vessel wall damage
Excessive clotting/hypercoagulability
Alterations in blood flow
Other names of macrophages
Histiocytes, microglial cells, kupffer cells
Where are histiocytes found?
loose connective tissue
where are microglial cells found
brain
where are kupffer cells found
liver
What makes stool brown?
bilirubin pigment in bile
What should not be found in stool?
Large amounts of mucus, blood
What gives you vision in dim light?
rods
What gives you vision in bright light and lets you see color?
cones
What do mechanoreceptors do
Hearing, proprioception, deep tissue sensation, tactile skin sensation
examples of mechanoreceptors
Merkel cell, cochlear sound receptors, ruffini endings, meissner corpuscle, free nerve ending
