PreLab 3 Flashcards
Carry Sensory impulses to CNS
Afferent Neuron
Cranial Nerves having only sensory functions
Olfactory Nerve
Optic Nerve
Middle meningeal layer
Arachnoid Mater
Tapered end of the spinal cord
conus medullaris
Origin of the Trigeminal Nerve
Pons
Organization of white matter in the spinal cord
column
Motor to muscles of facial expressions
Facial nerve
Superior boundary of the spinal cord
foramen magnum
Cranial Nerve responsible for detecting odor
olfactory nerve
Neuron found in the ventral root of the spinal cord
efferent neuron
Safe to do a spinal tap
below L2
In Patellar reflex which muscle contracting
quadriceps femoris
What nerve carries the afferent and efferent impulses
L4
Slight and transient brain injury
concussion
traumatic injury that destroys brain tissue
contussion
total nonresponse to stimulation
CVA
May cause medulla to be wedged through foramen magnum by intracranial pressure
intracranial hemmorhage
Reversible CVA
TIA
Progressive degeneration of the brain with abnormal protein deposits
Alzheimer’s disease