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1
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What two systems work together to maintain HOMEOSTASIS against internal and external changes?

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Endocrine and Nervous

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What does the nervous system allow us to do?

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Reason, conceptualize, and integrate information

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nervous system is to ______ and the endocrine system is to ______

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neurotransmitters, hormones

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4
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Functions of the nervous system include….

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internal/external changes in the body, integrate, analyze, and store information within the central nervous system

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What’s the path from sensory receptor to the effector?

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Sensory input > integration > motor output

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6
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What does the Central Nervous System include?

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Brain and spinal cord

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What does the peripheral nervous system include ?

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All nervous tissue outside the CNS

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8
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Sensory =

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afferent

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Motor =

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efferent

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10
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Sensory impulses send impulses (in/out)

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in

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motor neurons send impulses (in/out)

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out

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Somatic Motor Division of the Nervous System

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  • Neurons carry impulses from the brain
  • Connect ONLY with skeletal muscle
  • Stimulate muscle contractions
  • Voluntary
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Autonomic Motor Division of the Nervous System

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  • Neurons carry impulses from the brain
  • Connect with cardiac muscle, smooth muscle, and glands
  • Stimulate or inhibit
  • Automatic (involuntary)
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Sympathetic Nervous System

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Fight or Flight

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Parasympathetic Nervous System

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Rest or Digest

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16
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Characteristics of nervous tissue

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  • Conducts impulses
  • Consists of two main cell types: neurons and neuroglia cells
  • Usually have star-like appearance
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Neuroglia

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  • Cannot transmit impulses
  • Can protects repair, regulate and aid neurons and neuronal impulse transmission
  • Can divide
  • Vary in shape and function
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18
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Most brain tumors are due to…

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neuroglia

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19
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Which neuroglia cells are found in the peripheral system?

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Satellite cells and Schwann cells

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Satellite cells

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Surrounds neurons cell bodies in ganglia; regulate O2, CO2, nutrient, and neurotransmitter levels around neurons in ganglia

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Schwann cells

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Surrounds all axons in PNS; responsible for myelination of peripheral axons; participate in repair process after injury; forms MYELIN SHEATH in PNS

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22
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Oligocendrocytes

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Myelinate CNS axons, provide structural framework, forms MYELIN SHEATH in CNS

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Astrocytes

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Maintain blood-brain barrier; provide structural support; regulate ion, nutrient, and dissolved-gas concentrations; absorb and recycle neurotransmitters; form scar tissue after injury

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Microglia

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Remove cell debris, wastes, and pathogens by phagocytosis

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25
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Ependymal cells

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Line ventricles and central canal; assist in producing, circulating, and monitoring cerebrospinal fluid

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26
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The central nervous system contains

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Oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, and microglia

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27
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Myelinations makes fibers appear…

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white

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28
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Myelination speeds up the…

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rate of impulse conduction

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29
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Characteristics of neurons

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  • Transmits impulses
  • Highly sensitive to external changes
  • High metabolic rate
  • Cannot divide
  • Show extreme longevity (100+ yrs)
  • Appear gray
  • Vary in size
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30
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Dendrite of neuron

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Receptive region sometime forming free nerve receptors

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31
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Soma of neuron

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cell body, has nucleus and nucleolus

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32
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Axon of neuron

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  • Transmitting fiber

* May be myelinated or un-myelinated

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33
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White matter

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Primarily myelinated fibers

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34
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Gray matter

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Primarily neuron cell bodies and un-myelinated neurons

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35
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Synaptic terminal

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Forms synapse

Releases neurotransmitter

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36
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Pathway of neuron transmission

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Dendrites > cell body > axon > terminal boutons

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37
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bipolar neurons are in charge of …

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special senses

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38
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pseudounipolar neurons are in charge of …

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sensory impulses

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39
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multipolar neurons are in charge of …

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motor neurons

40
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Neurons can be organized into smaller organized groups called…

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neuronal pools

41
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Neuronal pools are identified by…

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neural circuit

42
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Examples of neural circuit

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Divergence, convergence, serial processing, parallel processing, reverberation

43
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Divergence

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A circuit spreading stimulation to multiple neurons or neuronal pools in the CNS

44
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Convergence

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a circuit providing input to a single neuron from multiple sources

45
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Serial processing

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a circuit in which neurons or pools work sequentially

46
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Parallel processing

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a circuit in which neurons or pools process the same information simultaneously

47
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Reverberation

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a positive feedback circuit

48
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Reverberation

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A positive feedback circuit

49
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Nerves…

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  • contain neuron fibers

* Found in bundles

50
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Forebrain =

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prosencephalon

51
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Midbrain =

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mesencephalon

52
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Hindbrain =

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rhombencephalon

53
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Forebrain contains which regions?

A

Telencephalon and Diencephalon

54
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Midbrain contains which region?

A

mesencephalon

55
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Hindbrain contains which brain regions?

A

Metencephalon and Myelencephalon

56
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the telencephalon contains which main brain structure?

57
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Diencephalon contains which main brain structures?

A

Thalamus and Hypothalamus

58
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Mesencephalon contains which main brain structures?

A

Cerebral peduncle and corpora quadrigemina

59
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Metencephalon contains which main brain structures?

A

pons and cerebellum

60
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Myelencephalon contains which brain structures?

A

medulla oblongata

61
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Dura mater

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  • tough superficial layer
  • not attached to bone in spinal cavity
  • has two layers: endosteal layer (attached to cranium) and meningeal layer (deep)
62
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Arachnoid layer

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• cerebral spinal fluid found within sub-arachnoid space

63
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Pia mater

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• directly attached to brain and spinal cord

64
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cranial meninges

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surrounds the brain and the spinal cord

65
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What are the three layers of the cranial meninges?

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dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater

66
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Cerebral Spinal Fluid

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  • Protects, cushions, and nourishes the brain and spinal cord
  • Removes waste
  • produced by choroid plexus
  • Recirculated back into blood at arachnoid granulations every 8 hours
  • Found around brain/spinal cord and within ventricles in brain
67
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Smell Nerve Tracing

A

Olfactory receptors > olfactory bulb > olfactory tract > sensory cortex of cerebrum (Rats Bite The Squirrels)

68
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Vision Nerve Tracing

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Light rays > cornea > anterior chamber > pupil > posterior chamber > lens > posterior cavity > retina > rods and cones > bipolar cell > ganglion cells > optic nerve > optic chiasma > thalamus > sensory cortex cerebrum > occipital lobe

69
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Facial nerve tracing

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Gustatory receptor cells in anterior 2/3 of tongue > facial nerve > medulla oblongata > thalamus > sensory cortex of cerebrum

70
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Glossopharyngeal Nerve Tracing

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Gustatory receptor cells in posterior 1/3 of tongue > glossopharyngeal nerve > medulla oblongata > thalamus > sensory cortex of cerebrum

71
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Vagus Nerve

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Gustatory receptor cells in pharynx > vagus nerve > medulla oblongata > thalamus > sensory cortex of cerebrum

72
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Hearing - Cochlear Nerve Tracing

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Sound > external ear > tympanic membrane > malleus, incus, stapes > moves perilymph in vestibular and tympanic ducts > vibrates vestibular and basilar membrane > vibrates spiral organ > tectorial membrane distorts receptor cells > cochlear nerve > thalamus > sensory cortex cerebrum > temporal lobe

73
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Equilibrium - Vestibular Nerve tracing

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Hair cells in utricle, saccule, and ampullae > vestibular nerve > medulla oblongata > cerebellum

74
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Mechanoreceptor sensations

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hearing, soft touch, and equilibrium

75
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Proprioreceptor sensations

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position of body in space

76
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Chemoreceptor sensations

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smell, taste, and pH of blood

77
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Thermoreceptor sensations

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warm and cold sensation

78
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photoreceptor sensations

79
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baroreceptor sensation

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stretch of hollow organ or tube

80
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nociceptor sensation

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painful sensation

81
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Cranial Nerves

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Olfactory, optic, oculomotor, trochlear, trigeminal, abducens, facial, vestibulocochlear, glossopharyngeal, vagus, accessory, hypoglossal

82
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Acronym for cranial nerves

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Old Owls On Tree Tops Are Forever Viewing Green Valleys And Hills

83
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Acronym for cranial nerves sensory/motor

A

Some Say Money Matters But My Brother Says Big Brains Matter Most

s= somatic m= motor b=both

84
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Olfactory nerve sensory/motor function

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Sensory = smell
Motor = none
85
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Optic Nerve sensory/motor function

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Sensory = vision
Motor = none
86
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Oculomotor Nerve Sensory/Motor Function

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Sensory = none
Motor = skeletal eye muscles and smooth eye muscles
87
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Trochlear nerve sensory/motor function

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Sensory = none
Motor = skeletal eye muscles
88
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Trigeminal sensory/motor function

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Sensory = general sensation from face, eyes, mouth
Motor = skeletal muscles of masticulation
89
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Abducens sensory/motor function

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Sensory = none
Motor = skeletal eye muscles
90
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Facial sensory/motor function

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Sensory = taste - anterior tongue
Motor (somatic) = muscles of facial expression
Motor (Visceral) = salivary glands

91
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Vestibulocochlear sensory and motor function

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Sensory = hearing and equilibrium
Motor = none
92
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Glossopharyngeal Nerve Sensory/Motor Function

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Sensory = taste; general sensations from middle ear and throat; BP and gas content in blood vessels
Motor = swallowing muscles and salivary gland
93
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Vagus nerve sensory and motor function

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Sensory = general sensations from thoracic and abdominal viscera
Motor = thoracic and abdominal viscera; larynx and swallowing muscles
94
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Accessory nerve sensory and motor function

A 
Sensory = none
Motor = swallowing muscles, sternocleidomastoid and trapezius
95
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Hypoglossal Sensory and Motor Function

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Sensory = none
Motor = tongue muscles
96
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Flow of CSF Tracing

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