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cns

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-brain and spinal cord
-command center
-closed system
-interprets incoming info and issues outgoing instructions

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pns

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-cranial and spinal nerves (anything outside of cns)
-open system with fewer supporting cells
-communication lines; carries impulses

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sensory division

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afferent; nerve fibers carrying info to cns; somatic and visceral organs

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motor division

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efferent; nerve fibers carrying info away from cns;

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somatic

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skeletal muscles, skin, and joints

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voluntary

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just skeletal muscles

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autonomic

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involuntary; cardiac and smooth muscle glands; into parasympathetic and sympathetic

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neurons

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actual nerve cell that sends and receives messages

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neuroglia

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supporting cells; never lose ability to divide; support, insulate, and protect neuron; do not conduct nerve signals

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general structure of neuron

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cell body and processes

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cell body

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nucleus (decision maker-control center)

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processes

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bring in or send away messages; fibers that extend away from cell body (dendrites and axon)

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myelin sheath

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-white fatty protein covering axon
-schwann cells wrap like jelly roll
-protect and insulate nerve fibers and speed up nerve transmission

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gray matter

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unmyelinated fibers and cell bodies

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white matter

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myelinated fibers (tracts) - axons; corpus callosum - association fiber tracts and projection fiber tracts

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interneurons

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connect sensory and motor neurons

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types of general sensory receptors

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multipolar, bipolar, unipolar

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multipolar neurons

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extensions; motor and interneurons; most common

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bipolar neurons

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one axon and one dendrite; sense organs; rare

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unipolar neurons

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sensory in pns ganglia; impulses both away and toward

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reflex arc

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reflexes occur over neural pathways

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reflexes

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involuntary; somatic and autonomic

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2 neuron reflex arc

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patella and knee reflex

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3 neuron reflex arc

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(5 elements of reflex arc) receptor, sensory neuron, interneuron, motor neuron, and effector; flexor (withdrawal) reflex

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cerebral hemispheres

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large halves or brain; gyrus, sulcus, and longitudinal fissure; cortex (gray matter), white matter, basal nuclei (deep pockets of gray matter)

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diencephalon

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thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus

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brain stem

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midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata

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cerebellum

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controls balance and coordination; gray and white matter

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dura mater

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outermost layer; 2 layers

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arachnoid

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middle layer; subarachnoid space for cerebrospinal fluid

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pia mater

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internal most layer

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cerebrospinal fluid

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continually made by choroid plexuses; special capillaries

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blood-brain barrier

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allows water, glucose, and amino acids to pass through capillary walls

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concussion

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slight brain injury; little permanent brain damage

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brain contusion (skull smashed)

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marked nervous tissue destruction occurs; coma

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intracranial hemorrhage

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death; direct blood contact

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cerebral edema

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death; swelling in or around brain

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CVA

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stroke; blocked brain circulation and kills tissue

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TIA

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temporary restricted blood flow; numbness

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alzheimers

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dementia

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parkinsons

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basal nuclei problem; posture and movement

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huntingtons

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genetic disease - basal nuclei - cerebral cortex; wild movements and spastic; lack of focus, fatigue, and irritability

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general organization of spinal cord

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cauda equina, gray matter (cell bodies), white matter (myelinated fiber tracts)

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general structure of nerve

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endoneurium, perineurium, and epineurium

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parasympathetic division

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acetylcholine; brain stem; rest and digest: digestion, defecation, and diuresis (urination); heart rate slows

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sympathetic division

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epinephrine; spine; fight or flight: exercise, excitement, emergency, embarrassment; digestive process slows

47
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spina bifida

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vertebrae forms incompletely; dimple to functionless spinal cord; can’t control bowel movements or bladder and lower limbs are paralyzed

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anencephaly

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birth defect where cerebrum fails to develop; can’t see, hear, or process sensory info

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cerebral palsy

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temporary lack of oxygen; voluntary muscles are poorly controlled and spastic; seizures, intellectually disabled, and impaired hearing or vision

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senility

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gradual decline of oxygen from aging process; forgetfulness, irritability, difficulty concentrating and thinking clearly and confusion

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brain functions

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sensory input, motor output, and integration

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microglia

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cns; phagocytosis

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ependymal

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cns; circulate spinal fluid

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oligodendrocytes

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cns; wrap around nerve fibers to insulate them

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Schwann cells

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pns; form myelin sheath to wrap around nerve fibers; more rapid transmission of nerve signals

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satellite cells

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pns; protect and cushion neuron cell bodies (axon)

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dendrites

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toward body

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axon

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away from body to axon terminal (end with gap)

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synaptic cleft

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gap between terminals and neuron

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synapse

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functional junction between nerves where a nerve impulse is transmitted; where two neurons meet but don’t touch

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nodes of ranvier

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gaps in myelin sheath along the
axon

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tracts

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bundles of nerve fibers in CNS; commissures

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nerves

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bundles of nerve fibers in PNS

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ganglia

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collections of cell bodies outside CNS and inside PNS

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nuclei

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clusters of cell bodies in CNS

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free nerve endings

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pain and temp receptors

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meissners corpuscle

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touch receptors

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lamellar corpuscle

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deep pressure receptors (pushing down of something)

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Golgi tendon organ (proprioceptors)

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lifting heavy weights

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muscle spinder (proprioceptors)

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lifting heavy things and needs to release before straining

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5 basic elements of reflex arcs

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-sensory receptor (touch)
-sensory neuron (entering spine)
-integration center (cns-attaching to motor neuron)
-motor neuron (sending to effector organ)
-effector organ (muscle movement)

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cerebral cortex

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-primary somatic area in parietal lobe
-visual (occipital)
-auditory and olfactory (temporal)
-primary motor (frontal)
-brocas area (speech)

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association fiber tracts

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connect areas within a hemisphere

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projection fiber tracts

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connect the cerebrum with lower CNS centers

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corpus callosum

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connects hemispheres

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thalamus

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distributes sensory receptors

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hypothalamus

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regulates body temp, water balance, and metabolism

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epithalamus

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forms melatonin by pineal body

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medulla oblongata

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heart rate, blood pressure, breathing, swallowing, and vomiting

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reticular formation

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gray matter along brain stem

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ventricles

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make cerebrospinal fluid; a space

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order of ventricles

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lateral - 3rd - aqueduct - 4th

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4 plexuses

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cervical, brachial, lumbar, sacral

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plexus

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networks of nerves serving motor and
sensory needs of the limbs

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cervical plexus

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phrenic nerve for breathing

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brachial plexus

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arm

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lumbar plexus

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front of leg

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sacral plexus

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back of leg

89
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premature babies have trouble with what

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regulating body temperature because the hypothalamus is the last to develop

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axon hillock

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where axon arises from cell body

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multiple sclerosis (MS)

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nerve damage disrupts communication between the brain and the body; vision loss, pain, fatigue, and impaired coordination

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polarized

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The cell plasma membrane at rest is described as inactive; positive on outside and negative on inside

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resting membrane potential (RMP)

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the electrical potential inside the cell relative to the adjacent extracellular space

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depolarization

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The inward rush of sodium ions changes the polarity at that site; negative on outside and positive on inside

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graded potential

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localized depolarization; exists
where the inside of the membrane is more positive and the outside is less positive

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action potential (nerve impulse)

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if the stimulus is strong enough and sodium influx great enough, local depolarization activates the neuron to conduct an action potential

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repolarization

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restoring the inside of the membrane to a negative charge and the outer surface to a positive charge; when the neuron returns to its resting state - must do this before sending out another nerve signal

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propagation of action potential

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All-or-none response means once it begins the nerve impulse will be propagated along the axon and will not stop until it reaches the axon terminal

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saltatory conduction

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the way an electrical impulse skips from node to node down the full length of an axon

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synaptic transmission

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the biological process by which a neuron communicates with a target cell across a synapse

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pyramidal (corticospinal) tract

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provides voluntary control of muscular movements

102
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motor homunculus

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a topographic representation of the body parts and its correspondents along the precentral gyrus of the frontal lobe

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reticular activating system (RAS)

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regulating arousal and sleep−wake transitions

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meningitis

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an inflammation (swelling) of the protective membranes covering the brain and spinal cord

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hydrocephalus

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an abnormal buildup of fluid in the ventricles (cavities) deep within the brain

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cauda equina

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a collection of spinal nerves at the inferior end of the cord; Provides a two-way conduction pathway to and
from the brain; 31 pairs of spinal nerves

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neurotransmitter

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chemical travels from axon of one neuron to dendrite on the next neuron

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