Paramedic Resource Manual

Question 1

What are the functions of the nervous system

Answer 1

Activate, Control and Integrate the systems in the body.

Question 2

Where does the nervous system receive information regarding changes from?

Answer 2

Internal and External enviroments

Question 3

The nervous system plays an important role in what bodily mechanism?

Answer 3

Homeostasis

Question 4

What are the two anatomical divisions of the nervous system

Answer 4

Peripheral Nervous System
Central Nervous System

Question 5

What are the two divisions of the peripheral nervous system?

Answer 5

Somatic Nervous System
Autonomic nervous system

Question 6

What tissue compromises the CNS

Answer 6

Brain
Spinal Cord

Question 7

What tissue compromises the somatic nervous system?

Answer 7

Spinal nerves
Cranial nerves

Question 8

What tissue compromises the autonomic nervous system?

Answer 8

Parasympathetic system
Sympathetic nervous system

Question 9

What are the 3 divisions of the brain?

Answer 9

Cerebrum
cerebellum
Brain stem

Question 10

What is the largest part of the brain?

Answer 10

Cerebrum

Question 11

The cerebrum is divided into what hemispheres?

Answer 11

Right and left

Question 12

What connects and is used for communication between the the right and left hemispheres?

Answer 12

Corpus Callosum

Question 13

What is the cerebral cortex?

Answer 13

A layer of gray matter composed of nervous tissue cell bodies and dendrites.

Question 14

What is the cerebral medulla?

Answer 14

Area below the cerebral cortex, most commonly known as white matter.

are of myelinated axons that interconnect neurons within the NS and other body parts.

Question 15

Ridges and grooves on the surface of the cerebrums are called __________

Answer 15

Gyri

Question 16

The cerebrum is divided into lobes and spaces called ______

Answer 16

Sulci

Question 17

What are the 4 distinct lobes of the cerebrum

Answer 17

Frontal
Parietal
Temporal
Occipital

Question 18

Function of the anterior frontal lobe

Answer 18

Elaboration of thoughts
Decision making
Motor ability for speech

Question 19

Function of the posterior frontal lobe

Answer 19

Initiation of voluntary movement

Question 20

Function of the parietal lobe

Answer 20

Somatic sensory area
Stimuli are “felt” and redirected to sensory area

Question 21

Function of the temporal lobe

Answer 21

Hearing
Memory storage
pattern recognition

Question 22

Damage to the posterior frontal lobe causes…

Answer 22

Hemiplegia, spasticity or hemiparesis on the opposite side of the body

Seizures

Question 23

Damage to the parietal lobe causes…

Answer 23

Disturbances in sensation of touch

Question 24

Damage to the temporal lobe causes…

Answer 24

Dysphasia
Visual hallucinations
Visual defects

Question 25

Damage to the posterior occipital lobe causes…

Answer 25

Blindness
visual hallucinations

Question 26

What is the Thalamus

Answer 26

Relay center that receives sensory impressions from the body and projects them onto the cerebral cortex for further interpretation

Question 27

What is bradykinin?

Answer 27

Substance that is released when a tissue is damaged, stimulates pain receptors

Question 28

Bradykinin triggers the release of….

Answer 28

Histamine

Question 29

What does histamine do?

Answer 29

Increases capillary permeability –> allowing fluid, WBC and other chemicals into the damaged area

This causes more pain and swelling

Question 30

What is the path of pain when sustaining a laceration?

Answer 30

Skin / Viscera nerve endings > Spinal cord > Brain