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PNS/CNS Flashcards

1
Q 
What do these actions stimulate
•Eating 
•Sex
•Gambling 
•Thrill seeking
A

Hypothalamus

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Neurological disorder
•Causes dance like movement
•Spasms of the hips, shoulder, and face

A

Chorea

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3
Q

Sensory motor area of brain

A

Sensory
Face and lips

Motor
Hands and face

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4
Q

Paralysis of the upper motor neuron’s you may see

A

movements of legs during massage

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5
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Types of cells in the Central nervous system

A

Neurons neuroglia

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6
Q

A continuous skin section supplied by a single spinal nerve

A

Dermatome

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7
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The energy conservation and restorative system

A

Parasympathetic nervous system

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8
Q

What detects changes in temperature

A

Thermal receptors

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9
Q

part of the autonomic NS that Stimulates during emergency response

A

Sympathetic nervous system

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10
Q

Contusion

A

A Bruise

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The second largest part of the brain that controls balance, posture, coordination, and movement

A

Cerebellum

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Branching projections from the nerve cell body that carry signals to the cell body

A

Dendrites

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13
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What Carries information away from brain and spinal cord

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Descending tracts

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14
Q

Chronic tremors that are not associated with any pathology

A

Essential tremor

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15
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A white, fatty insulating substance

Surrounds some axons

A

Myelin

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16
Q

Paraplegia

A

Paralysis of lower portion of buddy

17
Q

Myelinated fibers in brain and spinal tissue

A

White Matter

18
Q

The largest brain divisions
consists of two hemispheres
receives, interprets, and associates incoming information with past memory

A

Cerebrum

19
Q

Motor neuron and all the muscle fibers it controls

A

Motor Units

20
Q

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

A

A rapidly progressive, fatal neurological disease that attacks the nerve cell

21
Q

The period immediately following the firing a nerve fiber when it’s cannot be stimulated

A

Absolute refractory period

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