Test Retake Flashcards
Synaptic vessels store…
Neurotransmitters
Receptors for fine touch that are located in the papillae are the…
miessner corpuscles
Releasing hormones that control the interior pituitary gland are produced by the…
Hypothalamus
If a blockage occurred in the interventricular foramina, what would be the likely result?
Hydrocephalus
Damage to the cerebellum would result in…
Uncoordinated movement
The function of arachnoid villi is to…
Reabsorb cerebral spinal fluid
The branch of a neuron that carries nerve impulses away from the cell body is the…
Axon
The autonomic nervous system is divided into…
Sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system’s
The function of a choroid plexus is to produce…
Produce cerebral fluid
Neuroglia that are positioned between neurons and capillaries to form prt of the blood-brain barrier are…
Astrocytes
Neuroglia in the central nervous system that produce the myelin sheath are the…
oligodendrocytes
Parkinson’s disease occurs when there has been degeneration of the axons containing…
Dopamine
Endorphins and enkephalins are neuropeptides that…
Relieve pain
What would normally be found within the central canal of the spinal cord?
Cerebrospinal fluid
What are cauda equina?
The roots of spinal nerves
