Test 9/21 Flashcards
Olfactory
Smell
Optic
Vision
Oculomotor
Eye movement
Pupillary construction and accommodation
Trochlear
Eye movement
Downward
Trigeminal
Muscle of chewing
General sensations from anterior half of head including entire face and scalp
Abducent
Eye movement
Lateral
Facial
Muscles of facial expressions
Salivation taste closing of eyes
Vestibulocochlear
Hearing and equilibrium
Glossopharyngeal
Swelling and taste
Vagus
Parasympathetic to thorax and abdomen talking swallowing carotid sinus reflex
Spinal accessory
Shoulder and head movements
Hypoglossal
Tongue movements
Stimuli
Carried to the brain by peripheral nerves along afferent or ascending
Central nervous system
Brain and spinal cord
Peripheral nervous system
All other nervous tissue outside cns
Neuron
Dendrites- gather information from internal and external environment and send it to cell body
Nerve cell functions- electrical cord where the wires are protected by rubber
Myelin sheath- provides the protection to the axon
Stimuli
Carried to the brain by the peripheral nerves along afferent or ascending tract
Brain
Responsible for data storage and information processing
Frontal lobe
Problem solving memory language and judgement impulse control
Parietal lobes
Process sensory information from body responsible for processing language and math
Temperal
Auditory processing
Hearing
Occipital
Visual processing
Vision
Cerebellum
Regulates voluntary movements helps with posture balance and coordination speech
Hypothalamus
Influences blood pressure respiration rate depth body temperature feelings of hunger sleep wake cycle
Medulla oblongata
Maintain homeostasis primary respiratory and cardiovascular
Spinal cord
31 pairs of nerves
Each pair relates to a specific organ or body area
Meninges
3 layers
Durameter- outer layer
Arachnoid- middle layer
Piamater- inner layer
Bell’s palsy
Sudden weakness in the muscles on one half of the face
Sciatic nerve
branches from your lower back through your hips and buttocks and down each leg. Sciatica refers to pain that travels along the path of the sciatic nerve. The sciatic nerve travels from the lower back through the hips and buttocks and down each leg.