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Test 3 Flashcards

1
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What is React

A

Sending out motor commands

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2
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What Processes information

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Inter neurons

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3
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What are Neurons purpose

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Send and receive signals

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4
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Neuroglia is defined as?

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Cells that support

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5
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What is included in the Central nervous system

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Brain spinal cord

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6
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What is included in the Peripheral nervous system

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Sensory, nerves
Afferent division- sensory info., begins with receptors
Efferent division- motor info., terminates with effectors

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7
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Enteric nervous system includes?

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Digestive system

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8
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Somatic nervous system includes?

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Skeletal muscle

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9
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Autonomic nervous system is identified as?

And includes two effects

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In charge of sending things that we don’t have control of.
Sympathetic- stimulating effect
Parasympathetic- relaxing effect

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10
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Axon is defined as?

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Connector tubes on a cell that sends and delivers messages

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11
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Telodendria is defined as?

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Synaptic terminals

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12
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Nissl bodies is defined as?

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Concentration of ribosomes, gray matter

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13
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Dendrites purpose is to?

A

Receive information from other neurons

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14
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What are Inter neurons involved in?

A

Involved in higher functions

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15
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Unipolar is defined as?

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Only acts as sensory neurons

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16
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Glial cells

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Supporting cells that make up half the volume of the nervous system

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17
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Astrocytes

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Maintain blood-brain barrier

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18
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Oligodendrocytes

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Myelinate CNS axons

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19
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Microglia

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Removes cell debris by phagocytosis

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20
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Ependymal cells

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Line ventricles, produce and regulate CSF

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21
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Myelin

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Speeds up action potential

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22
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Satellite cells

A

Maintenance

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23
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Schwann cells

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Form myelin sheaths around peripheral axons

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24
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Graded potential

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Temporary localized stimulus

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25
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Action potential

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An electrical signal

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26
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Threshold

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Value at which action potential is sent

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27
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Propagation

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Action potential moving down the cell

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28
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Depolarization

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Extreme positive

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29
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Repolarization

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Extreme negative

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30
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Continuous propagation

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Continuous, sense there is no myelin

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31
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Saltatory propagation

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Jumps from node to node

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32
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Area of polarity reversal

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Nodes that jump from myelin sheath

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33
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Presynaptic cell

A

Neurons that sends messages

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34
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Postsynaptic cell

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Cell that receives message

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35
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Chemical synapse

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Neurotransmitters are released across the cleft

Are not directly connected

36
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Electrical synapse

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Connected

Cells that are joined for ions to pass from one cell to another

37
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Four parts of the Central nervous system

A

Cerebrum
Diencephalon
Brain stem
Cerebellum

38
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Cerebrum

A

Coordination
Emotion
Memory

39
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Gyri (type of grey matter)

40
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Sulci (type of gray matter)

41
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Parietal lobe

A

Somatosensation

42
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Somatosensation

A

Sensory info coming from body

43
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Proprioception

A

Knowing where body parts are in 3D form

44
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Occipital lobe

A

Primary visual cortex

45
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Temporal lobe

A

Processes smell and hearing

46
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Frontal lobe

A

Motor cortex

47
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Precentral gyrus

A

Most motor stuff comes from here

48
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Premotor area

A

Thinking about movements to be made

49
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Frontal eye field

A

Controls eye movements

50
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Broca’s area

A

Controls movements for speech

51
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Visual association area

A

Interprets activity and visual cortex

52
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Auditory association area

A

Interprets activity and auditory cortex

53
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Somatic sensory association area

A

Interprets activity in primary sensory cortex

54
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Somatic motor association area

A

Coordinates motor responses of learned movements

55
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Basal forebrain

A

Acetylcholine production for the brain

56
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Basal nuclei

A

Control general body movements

57
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Pineal gland

A

Regulates sleep wake cycle’s

58
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Thalamus

A

Relay hub, processes info going in and out

59
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Hypothalamus

A

Gate keeper of homeostasis

60
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Midbrain

A

Coordinate sensory information

61
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Superior colliculi

A

Visual information

62
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Interior colliculi

A

Auditory information

63
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Pons

A

Motor commands

64
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Medulla

A

Regulates autonomic functions

65
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Cerebellum

A

Adjusts postural muscles of the body

66
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Alpha waves

67
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Beta waves

A

Concentrating

68
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Theta waves

A

Seen in children and in intensely frustrated adults

69
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Delta waves

A

Large amplitude, low frequency waves

70
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White matter

A

Myelinated axon’s

71
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Gray matter

A

Contains cell bodies mainly

72
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Ascending tracts

73
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Descending tracts

74
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Four spinal nerves

A

Cervical, brachial, lumbar, sacral

75
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Name the two spinal nerve roots

A

Ventral, dorsal

76
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What are the three connective tissue layers of the spinal nerve

A

Epineurium
Perineurium
Endoneurium

77
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Epineurium

A

Outer layer of tissue on the spinal nerve

78
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Perineurium

A

Middle layer of tissue on the spinal nerve

79
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Endoneurium

A

Inner layer of tissue on the spinal nerve

80
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First order neuron

A

Sensory neuron delivers sensations to the CNS

81
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Second order neuron

A

Axon of the sensory neuron synapses on an interneuron in the CNS

82
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Third order neuron

A

Gets it to the consciousness

83
Q

Posterior column pathway

A

Fine touch

84
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Spinocerebellar pathway

A

Proprioception

85
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Corticospinal pathway

A

Voluntary control

86
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Medial pathway

A

Control of muscle tone and gross movements

87
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Lateral pathway

A

Control of muscle tone and precise movements

Anatomy And Phisiology (3 decks)

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