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The Nervous System Flashcards

1
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Central Nervous System

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  • Brain

- Spinal Cord

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Peripheral Nervous System

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  • Cranial Nerves

- Spinal Nerves

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Picks up sensory information and delivers it to the CNS

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Sensory Division

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4
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Carries information to muscles and glands

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Motor Division

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5
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Carries information to skeletal muscles

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Somatic

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6
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Carries information to smooth muscle, cardiac muscle, and glands

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Automatic

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7
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Nerve impulses pass form neuron to neuron at:

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synapses

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  • Membranes surrounding CNS
  • Protect CNS
  • Three layers

*dura matter, arachnoid matter, pia matter

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Meninges

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Outer; tough

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Dura Matter

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Thin; weblike

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Arachnoid Matter

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Inner, very thin

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Pia Matter

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12
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Subarachnoid space is made of

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CSF

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13
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Directly touches spinal cord

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Pia Matter

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14
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  • Interconnected cavities within cerebral hemispheres and brain stem
  • Continuous with central canal of spinal cord
  • Filled with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
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Ventricles

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15
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  • Slender column of nervous tissue continuous with brain
  • extends downward through vertebral canal
  • Begins at level of foramen magnum and terminates near first and second lumbar
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Spinal Cord

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16
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Spinal cord begins at level of _____ and terminates near first and second lumbar

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foramen magnum

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17
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Automatic subconscious responses to stimuli within or outside the body

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Reflexes

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18
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What is an example of reflex behavior?

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Knee-jerk reflex

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19
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  • Simple monosynaptic reflex

- Helps maintain an upright posture

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Reflex Behavior

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20
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Example of reflex that prevents or damages tissue damage

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Withdrawl Reflex

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21
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Conduct sensory impulses to the brain

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Ascending Tracts

22
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Tracts conduct motor impulses from the brain to motor neurons reaching muscles and glands

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Descending Tracts

23
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The third ventricle is found in the:

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diencephalon

24
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The fourth ventricle is found in the:

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hindbrain dorsal to the puns

25
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The ventricles are:

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Paired C-shaped lateral ventricles

26
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Cerebral hemispheres form the superior part of th brain and make up ____% of its mass

27
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ridges of brain

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shallow grooves

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Deep groove in the brain

30
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Deep sulci divide the hemisphere into five lobes:

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  • Frontal
  • Parietal
  • Temporal
  • Occipital
  • Insula
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Separates frontal and parietal lobes

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Central Sulcus

32
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Separates the parietal and occipital lobes

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Parieto-occipital sulcus

33
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Separates the parietal and temporal lobes

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Lateral Sulcus

34
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The pre central and post central gyri border

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the central sulcus

35
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  • Consists of deep myelinated fibers and their tracts

- Is responsible for communication between the cerebral cortex and lower CNS center, and areas of the cerebellum

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Cerebral White Matter

36
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-Carry motor impulses from brain to muscles used in chewing, swallowing, speaking, and forming facial expressions

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Special Somatic Efferent Fibers

37
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Carry sensory impulses to brain from olfactory and taste receptors

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Special Visceral Afferent Fibers

38
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Carry sensory impulses to brain from receptors of sight, hearing, and equillibrium

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Special Somatic Afferent Fibers

39
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List the nerves in descending order:

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  1. Olfactory
  2. Optic
  3. Occulomotor
  4. Trochlear
  5. Trigeminal
  6. Abducens
  7. Facial
  8. Vestibulocochlear
  9. Glossopharyngeal
  10. Vagus
  11. Accessory
  12. Hypoglossal
40
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Olfactory

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  • Sensory

- Fibers transmit impulses associated with smell

41
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Optic

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  • Sensory

- Fibers transmit impulses associated with vision

42
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Oculomotor

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  • Motor

- Move the eyes

43
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Trochlear

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  • Motor

- Motor impulses to the muscles that move the eye

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Trigeminal

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-Mixed

  • Sensory- upper teeth
  • Motor- muscles of mastication
45
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Abducens

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  • Motor

- Muscles that move the eyes

46
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Facial

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-Mixed

  • Sensory from taste receptors
  • Motor to muscles of facial expression
47
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Vestibulocochlear

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  • Sensory

- Sensory from hearing receptors

48
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Glossopharyngeal

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-Mixed

  • Sensory from tongue
  • Motor to salivary glands
49
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Vagus

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-Mixed

  • Sensory from viscera of thorax
  • Motor to viscera of thorax
50
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Accessory

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  • Motor

- Motor to muscles of neck and back

51
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Hypoglossal

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  • Motor

- Motor to muscles of tongue

BIO 141 Lab (10 decks)

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