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What is neurology?

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The study of the nervous system

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What are the two functions of the NS?

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Communication and Control

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What are the two types of cells?

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Neuron and Neuroliga

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The neuron is a basic “?” and functional “?” of the NS?

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Structural and cell

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What does a neuron respond to?

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electrical, chemical and physical stimuli and messages are conducted and transfered thru them

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The neuron could be compared to what?

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The head coach of a sports team

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What connects and supports nervous tissue but doesn’t transfer impulses?

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Neuroliga

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What are the three types of Glia cells?

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Astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, Microglia

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What does Neuroliga remove?

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Dead neurons

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What could neuroliga be compared to?

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The members of a sports team

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What are the three parts of a neuron?

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One cell body, axon and dendrite

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What happens once nerve cells are destroyed?

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they are gone forever

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What is an axon?

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Extension what carries impulses away from neuron cell body

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What is myelinated?

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Protective covering

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The what is a fatty covering?

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Myslin sheath

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Schwann cells are what glia cells that produce what?

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Special that produce myelin sheath

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What do Schwann cells provide?

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Nutrition and support

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The Neurolemma is the what most membrane of the Schwann cell, and it allows what?

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outer most and it allows axon to repair themselves

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The what are gaps in neurolemma that facilitate conduction

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Nodes of Ranvier

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Dendrites are short branches extensions of what that receive what from axon and transmits toward cells body.

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Cell body and impulses,

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What do dendrites respond to?

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Chemical messages sent across the synapse

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An axon is an extension that carries “?” “?” from the cell body

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impulses away from

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The synapse is the what between what?

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Spaces between an axon of one neuron and dendrites of the next

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Nerves transmit impulses in only what direction relating ro location of what?

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One direction and relating to location of the neurotransmitters

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What are the four neurotransmitters?
Serotonin, acetylcholine, norepinephrine, dopamine
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Serotonin regulates what?
Mood and sleep
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Acetylcholine is related to what?
learning, activates motor neurons controlling skeletal muscles
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Norepinephrine is related to what
stress and arousal
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Dopamine is related to what?
pleasure, rewards and voluntary movements
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What are the neuron classifications?
Sensory, Motor and Interneurons
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What are sensory neurons also calls?
Afferent
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Sensory neurons are nerves that are mode up of only what neurons and receive and transmit "?" "?" from "?"
To CNS from all parts of the body
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Motor neurons are also called what?
Efferent
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Motor neurons receive and transmit messages "?" "?" to all body parts
From CNS
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Interneurons are what between what?
Links between motor and sensory
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Interneurons are only found in what?
CNS
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What is the CNS made up of?
The brain and spinal cord
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A nerve is a what made up of many what?
fiber made up of axons
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What are the three types of nerves?
Sensory, motor and mixed
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What neurons make up sensory nerves?
Sensory
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What neurons make up motor nerves?
motor
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Motor nerves influences what and cause glands to what?
Activity and secrete
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What cells are more abundant than neurons?
Glia
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What are the two major parts of the Nervous System?
The central nervous system and the Peripheral nervous system
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The central nervous system is made of up what?
the brain, spinal cord and accessory structures
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What peripheral nervous system is made up of what?
Cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and the autonomic nervous system?
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What are the three major parts of the brain?
Cerebrum, Cerebellum and the brainstem
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How much of the brains volume is the Cerebrum?
80%
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The cerebrum is divided into what?
two hemispheres
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HOw many lobes does the cerebral cortex have?
four
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What are the four lobes of the cerebral cortex?
Frontal, Parietal, Temporal and Occipital
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The frontal is responsible for what>
higher levels of mental function, judgement and communication
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The frontal lobe directs what?
Body movement = motor functions
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What is an example of a motor function in the frontal lobe?
Used when we decide to speak
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What is the parietal lobe?
sensory area.
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The parietal lobe controls sensation of... and it is involved in ..
touch tem and pain, spacial ability. speech and communication
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The temporal lobe controls what, and interpretation of
hearing and smell
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The occipital lobe directs?
Vision
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What is white matter?
Interior brain tissue
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What are most neurons collected into.
"packages"
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What is ganglion?
a clump of neuron cell bodies in areas of joints
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The right hemisphere of the brain controls what side of the body?
left
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Decussation is what of nerve tracts in medulla
crossing
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What does the corpus callosum allow the right side to know?
what the left side is doing
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What does the thalamus allow ?
Feelings of whole sensation and focuses on important activities
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What would be an example of when someone uses their thalamus?
touching a snowball
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Where does the thalamus lie in the brain?
between hemispheres and the brainstem
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Where is the hypothalamus located?
below the thalamus
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Where is the limbic system located
between inner brain and cerebrum
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What is the limbic system responsible for?
maintaining level of awareness
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What are the two major components of the limbic system?
Hippocampus and the reticular formation
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How much of the brain is made up of the Cerebellum?
20%
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What are the three parts of the brain stem?
Midbrain, pons and medulla oblongata
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Where is midbrain located?
Top
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What are the midbrains functions?
Reflex center, and it helps with the ability to keep head up right
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The pons are a "what" that contain nerve tracts
bridge
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Pons help with what?
breathing
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Where is the medulla oblongata located
below the pons
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What are the CNS Accessory structures?
Meninges, Cerebrospinal fluid, ventricles
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D.A.P
Dura, arachnoid, pia
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Subarachnoid space?
Houses fld of CNS called CSF
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The PNS is made of what two nerve groups?
Crainial and spinal
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What are the divisions of ANS
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
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Sensory division takes what to the brain?
information
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What is your sense of proprioceptions?
awareness of body
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Motor division sends what and what commands from CNS to what to do what?
Involuntary and voluntary to muscles and glands to secrete hormones
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What do mixed nerves allow?
signals to pass to and from CNS
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How many pairs of cranial nerves attach to the brain?
12
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How many pairs of nerves attach to the spinal cord?
31 pairs
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What does each nerve contain?
Dorsal root, ventral root and dorsal root ganglion
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What does the dorsal root receive?
Sensory data
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The ventral root carries what impulses to what
motor impulses to muscles and glands
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The dorsal root ganglion is a what of nerve cell bodies?
collection
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What is a plexus?
group of spinal nerves
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Which division of ANS raises heart rate and dilates pupils?
sympathetic
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Which division of ANS slows heart rate and constricts pupils?
parasympathetic

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