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87 Cards in this Set
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Name the neruoglia of the CNS
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oligodenroglia, astrocytes, ependymal cells and microglia
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Name the neuroglia of the PNS
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satellite cells and neurolemma (Schwann) cells
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Functions of CNS
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integrate and coordinate incoming and outgoin gneural signals and to carry out higher mental functions
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collection of nerve cell bodies in the CNS
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nucleus
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Bundle of nerve fibers (axons) connecting neighboring or distant nuclei of the CNS
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tract
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Name three membranous layers of the meninges
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Pia, Arachnoid and Dura
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What is the innermost menigeal layer?
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pia mater
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The CSF is located between which layers?
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pia and arachnoid
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What is the outermost menigeal layer?
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dura mater
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Consists of nerve fibers that conduct impulses to or away from the CNS?
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PNS
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Consists of an axon, its neurolemma and surrounding endoneruial connective tissue
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Peripheral nerve fiber
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Name the three connective tissue coverings on a peripheral nerve.
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1. Endoneurium
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A collection of nerve cell bodies outside the CNS
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Ganglion
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Sensory Fibers
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Afferent
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Motor Fibers
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Efferent
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Convey neural impulses to the CNS from sense organs and sensory receptors in the body
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Afferent fibers
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Convey neural impulses from the CNS to effector organs (muscles and glands)
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Efferent Fibers
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Either cranial or spinal nerves
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Peripheral nerves
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Which cranial nerve arises from the superior part of the spinal cord?
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CN XI
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How many cranial nerves?
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12
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How many spinal nerves?
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31
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Which root consists of motor efferent fibers?
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Anterior Ventral root
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Which root consists of sensory fibers?
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Posterior dorsal root
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The posterior and anterior nerve roots unite to form this
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mixed spinal nerve
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The mixed spinal nerve immediately divides into what?
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two primary rami: posterior (dorsal) ramus and an anterior (ventral) ramus
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The unilateral area of skin innervated by the fibers of a single spinal nerve
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Dermatome
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The unilateral muscle mass receiving innervation from the fibers conveyed by a single spinal nerve
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Myotome
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What supply nerve fibers to the synovial joints of the vertebral column, deep muscles of the back, and the overlying skin in a segmental pattern?
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Posterior Rami
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What supply nerve fibers to the anterior and lateral regions of the trunk and the upper and lower limbs?
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Anterior Rami
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What type of rami merge to form nerve plexuses?
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Anterior rami
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There is little overlap in the innervation of zones of skin supplied by what type of nerve?
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cranial
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What do general somatic afferent (GSA) fibers transmit?
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sensations from the body to the CNS
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Sensations by the GSA from the skin (pain, temp, touch and pressure)
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Exteroceptive sensations
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Sensations from muscles, tendons and joints in the GSA
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Proprioceptive sensations
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Subconscious; results in awareness of the orientation of the body and limbs in space, independent of visual input
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Proprioceptive sensations (GSA)
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What do somatic motor fibers, general somatic efferent fibers (GSE) transmit?
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Impulses to skeletal (voluntary) muscles
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What do visceral sensory fibers (general visceral afferent (GVA) fibers) transmit?
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pain or subconscious visceral reflex sensations from hollow organs and blood vessels to the CNS
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What do visceral motor fibers (general visceral efferent (GVE) fibers transmit?
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impulses to smooth muscle and glandular tissues (presynaptic and postsynaptic)
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Both types of sensory fibers (visceral and general) are processes of what type of neurons?
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Pseudo-unipolar with cell bodies located outside of the CNS in spinal or cranial sensory ganglia
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The motor fibers of peripheral nerves are axons of what type of neurons?
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multi-polar
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Where are the cell bodies of somatic motor and presynaptic visceral motor neurons located?
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Gray matter of the spinal cord
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Where are the cell bodies of postsynaptic motor neurons located?
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Outside the CNS in autonomic gangllia
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A collection of nerve cell bodies in the CNS is called a ____ a collection of nerve cell bodies in the PNS is called a ____.
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Nucleus and Ganglion
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C5
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SHOULDER
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C6
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THUMB
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C7
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MIDDLE FINGER
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C8
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LITTLE FINGER
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T4
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NIPPLE
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T10
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UMBILICUS
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L1
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GROIN
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L5
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MEDIAL FOOT
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S1
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LATERAL LEG/FOOT
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S2,3,4
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ANAL AREA
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Where two or more bones come together forming a joint
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Articulation
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Together Joints
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Synarthrosis
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Fibrous Joint
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Syndesmosis
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Give 2 examples of syndesmosis
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Suture and interosseous membrane
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Cartilaginous Joint
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Synchondrosis
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The epiphysial plate is an example of what?
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Primary carilagninous joint (hyaline)
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The intervertebral disc is an example of what?
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Secondary cartilaginous joint (fibrocartilage)
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Secondary cartilaginous joint composed of fibrocartilage found between the two pubic bones.
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Symphysis
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The remainder of the epiphyseal plate ends up as what?
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Synostosis
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Bony Joint
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Synostosis
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Diarthroses
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Moveable or Synovial Joints
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Name 2 types of diarthrodial joints
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Hinge joints, ball and socket joints
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inflammation of a joint
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Arthritis
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inflammation of the synovial membrane of a joint
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Synovitis
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Inflammation of a bursa
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Bursitis
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Incomplete dislocation
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subluxation
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Muscles of C5
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Biceps, deltoid,
infraspinatus |
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C5-6
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Biceps, brachioradialis,
deltoid, infraspinatus, extensors, forearm pronators |
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C7
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Wrist extensors, Triceps
wrist flexors, finger flexors, finger extensors |
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C8
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Intrinsic hand muscles
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L 3/4
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quadriceps (leg extension),
anterior tibial, Iliopsoas (thigh flexion), |
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Muscle L5
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Anterior tibial, toe dorsiflexors, hamstrings, posterior tibial
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Muscle S1
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gastrocnemius,
Gluteus maximus, hamstring (extension thigh), gastrocnemius, intrinsic foot muscles |
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S2,3,4
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Anal contraction
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Conduct signals from sensory neurons to the central nervous system
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Afferent Nerves
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Conduct signals from the central nervous system along motor neurons to their target muscles and glands.
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Efferent Nerves
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What type of cells does the dorsal root ganglia contain?
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sensory (afferent) pseudopolar nerve cells
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What type of nerve cells are motor nerve cells?
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multipolar
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Portion of spinal cord gray matter that generally deals with sensory information
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Dorsal horn
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major division of the spinal cord gray matter that contains the lower motor neurons (aka anterior horn cells) that innervate the skeletal muscles of the body.
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Ventral horn
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Where the dorsal roots enter the spinal cord
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Dorsal lateral sulcus
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Part of the dorsal column that is located medially, closest to the midline and at all levels of the spinal cord carries input from the lower body and extremity
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fassiciculus Gracilis
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Part of the dorsal column that is located laterally, closest to the dorsal root entry and present only above T6 and carries input from the upper body and extremity
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Fasciculuc cuneatus
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Also known as Lissauer's tract
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Dorsallateral sulcus
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