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Unit III: The Nervous System (Higher Brain Functions) Flashcards

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Electroencephalogram (EEG)

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Measures the electrical activity of the brain via electrodes attached to the scalp.

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Alpha Waves

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Waves of normal resting adults.

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Beta Waves

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Intense concentration

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Theta Waves

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Seen more often in children with frustration.

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Delta Waves

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Occurs in deep sleep and in certain pathological conditions. RAS is not responding.

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What are the two different types of sleep?

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Non rapid eye movement and rapid eye movement sleep.

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What occurs on the first stage of NREM sleep?

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Alpha waves- person easily wakes up and is very relaxed.

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What occur on the second stage of NREM?

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Theta and beta waves- sleep spindles- spikes on waves.

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Sleep spindles

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Rapid burst of higher frequency brain waves that may be important for learning and memory.

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What occurs on the third stage of NREM?

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Slow wave sleep- delta waves. Vital signs begin to decrease.

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What occurs on stage 4 of NREM?

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Delta waves- the person is hard to wake up and skeletal muscles have completely relaxed.

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During what stages on NREM does the body repairs and restores?

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Stage 3 and 4

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Rapid Eye Movement

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Vital signs being to increase, skeletal muscles (expect ocular muscles) and inhibited.

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14
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When does dreaming take place?

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in REM sleep

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What does a normal sleep cycle look like?

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One passes through the four stages of NREM during the first 30-40 min of sleep.
REM sleep occurs only after the 4th stage has been achieved.

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Approximately how many cycles of NREM and REM occur at night?

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Approx. 5 (for both)

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17
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People with constant disruption of REM sleep have an increased chance of developing?

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Depression and anxiety

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18
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List the senses for special senses

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Vision, hearing, taste and smell.

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List the senses for general senses.

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Pain, light touch, pressure temperature and position.

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Where is the information of general senses brought to and interpreted?

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brought to the primary somatosensory cortex and interpreted by the somatosensory association area.

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21
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Naked nerve endings

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Detect stimuli

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Encapsulated nerve endings

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pressure sensors- deeper

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23
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Where is the vision information received?

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Visual cortex in the occipital lobe.

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Where is hearing information recieved?

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In the auditory cortex in the temporal lobe.

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Where is taste information received?

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In the gustatory cortex in the temporal lobe.

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Where is smell information received?

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In the olfactory cortex in the temporal lobe.

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What are mechanoreceptors?

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Sensitive to physical stimuli that distort their plasma membranes.

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what are the 3 classes of mechanoreceptors?

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Tactile, baroreceptors and proprioreceptors.

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Tactile receptors

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respond to touch, pressure, and vibration

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Baroreceptors

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Detects changes in pressure in blood vessels, and portions of the digestive, respiratory, and urinary tracts.

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Proprioceptors

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Monitors the positions of joints and skeletal muscles (structurally and functionally complex)

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Chemoreceptors

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Specialized nerve cells that detect small changes in the concentration of specific chemicals or compounds.
-Not consciously aware

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Thermoreceptors

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Temperature receptors are located in the dermis, skeletal muscles, liver, and hypothalamus.
Reticular formation, thalamus, and primary somatosensory cortex.

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Photoreceptors

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Respond to all wave lights that are visible to our eyes and night vision.
Rods and 3 cones.

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Nociceptors

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Pain receptors, free nerve endings with large receptive fields.
Temperature extremes, mechanical damages, dissolved chemicals. (damages tissue) VERY STRONG STIMULI

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Sympathetic

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Coordinates the body for action
Fight or flight
HR and RR increases.
Increase of ATP production

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Parasympathetic

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rest and digest
HR and RR decreaase
decrease of ATP production
body is maintaining homeostasis
increase in gastro activity.

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Somatic Nervous System
- Number of nerves
- Effector organs
- neurotransmitter

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  • has a single neuron
    -controls voluntary muscles
  • ACh
39
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Sympathetic
-number of neurons
-effector organs
-neurotransmitter
-length of ganglion

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T1- L2
Ganglia near spinal cord.
2 neurons
Organs- eyes, heart, lungs, blood vessels, skin, lacrimal and salivary glands.
Short pre-ganglionic neuron
Long post-ganglionic neuron
Pre- contains ACh
Post- contains NE

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Parasympathetic
-number of neurons
-effector organs
-neurotransmitter
-length of ganglion

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2 neurons
Controls involuntary organs
Preganglionic nerve is long
Postganglionic nerve is short.
ACh only
Brainstem and S1-S4

41
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What is a glanglion?

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A collection of nerve cell bodies outside the CNS

42
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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division- EYE

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S: dilation for distance
P: constriction for near vision

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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division- SWEAT GLANDS

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S: Increase secretion
P: none

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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division- TEAR GLANDS

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S: None
P: Secretions

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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division- ARRECTOR PILI MUSCLES

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S: Contraction; hairs stand on end.
P: none

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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division-ADRENAL GLAND

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S: secretions of NE and epinephrine by adrenal glands
P: none

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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division- BLOOD VESSELS

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S: Vasoconstriction or vasodialation
P: None

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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division- HEART

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S: increase heart rate, forced contraction, and BP.
P: Decrease rate, force of contraction, and BP

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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division- AIRWAY DIAMETER

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S: increases
P: decreases

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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division-RESPIRATORY RATE

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S: Increases
P: decreases

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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division- GENERAL LEVEL OF ACTIVITY

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S: decreases
P: increases

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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division- LIVER

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S: Stimulates glycogen breakdown, glucose synthesis, and release.
P: Stimulates glycogen synthesis

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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division- KIDNEYS

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S: decreases urinary production
P: increases urinary production

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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division- BLADDER

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S: constricts sphincter, relaxes bladder.
P: tenses bladder. and relaxes sphincter- releasing urine.

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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division- SKELETAL MUSCLES

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S: increases the force of contraction f glycogen breakdown
P: none

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Relationship between sympathetic and parasympathetic division-REPRODUCTION SYSTEM

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S: increases glandular secretions and ejaculation
P: Erection

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