Test Flashcards
Which type of neuron is responsible for feeling things like temperature and pain and communicating those feelings to the brain or spinal chord
Sensory neuron
Which type of neuron is responsible for translating a message of feeling into a message of action
Interneurons
Your central nervous system includes your_______ and your ______
Brain and spinal cord
What are the two main divisions of the nervous system
1 central nervous system
2 peripheral nervous system
What does the connectome consist of
All the connections between all the neurons in a brain
About how fast do nerve impulses travel
200+ mph
What is the name of the disorder we read about in class
Trigeminal neuralgia
What do you call the location on your body where a nerve and a muscle meet
Neuromuscular conjunction
The trumpet player in Muscle tones had what diagnosis
Cervical Dystonia
What is the cause of trigeminal neuralgia
A blood vessel putting pressure on the trigeminal nerve
How did the doctor in the vital signs article cure her patients pain
She inserted a small sponge between the patients artery and trigeminal nerve
What is something that causes a response
Stimulus
Golgi made it possible to view neurons in their entirety by creating a stain made out of which periodic element
Silver
What is the space between two neurons called
Synapse
The circular pods located inside the axon terminal that contain neurotransmitters are called
Vesicles
Name one example of a neurotransmitter
Acetylcholine
Myasthenia gravies is a neuromuscular disorder where the muscles are unable to receive messages from the brain what blocked those messages in the patient who couldn’t open her eyes
Antibodies
Which part of the brain plays a crucial role in storing long-term memories
Hippocampus
What are the three steps to making and recalling memories
1 Encoding
2 Storage
3 Retrieval of information
Most of your memories are created by
Visual
Acoustic
Semantic encoding
Where can a memory be stored
In your sensory memory
Which type of neuron is responsible for sending messages of action to the muscle tissue, making your muscle contract and move
Motor neuron
