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64 Cards in this Set
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List the 4 Somatic sensations
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Tactile
Thermal Pain Proprioception |
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List the Tactile sensations
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Touch
Pressure Vibration Itch Tickle |
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Free nerve endings sense what?
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Itch
tickle |
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Encapsulated nerves sense what?
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Touch
Pressure Vibration |
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Rapid adapting receptors
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Meissner's corpuscles
Pacinian corpuscles |
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Slowly adapting receptors
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Merkel's disks
Ruffini endings |
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Cold receptors are located where?
What type of fibers? |
Stratum Basale of epidermis
Myelinated A fibers |
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Warm receptors are located where?
What type of fibers? |
dermis
Unmyelinated C fibers |
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Fast pain is carried on what type of fibers?
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myelinated A fibers
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Slow Pain is carried on what type of fibers?
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small unmyelinated C fibers
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What establishes the circadian rythm
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Suprachiasmatic nucleus of the hypothalamus
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describe phantom limb sensation
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amputees still experience sensations such as itching, pressure, tingling or pain as if the limb were still there.
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This causes progressive degeneration of the posterior portions of the spinal cord including posterior columns, posterior spinocerebellar tracts, and posterior roots in its later stages.
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Syphilis
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damage or disease of the lower motor neurons produces what?
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Placcid Paralysis of muscles on the same side of the body
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damage or disease of the upper motor neurons in the cerebral cortex causes what?
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Spastic Paralysis on muscles on the opposite side of the body
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This causes dopamine-releasing neurons that extend from the substantia nigra to the caudate nucleus and putamen to degenerate?
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Parkinson disease
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this is a hereditary disorder in which the caudate nucleus and putamen degenerate, with loss of neurons that normally release GABA or acetylcholine. Sx do not appear until age 30 or 40 and can also include mental deterioration
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Huntington disease
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this is an abnormal condition in which movements are jerky and uncorrdinated. If blindfolded, they cannot touch the tip of their finger to their nose.
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Ataxia
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cerebellar damage due to trauma or alcoholism in which the anterior part of the cerebellum is affected can cause this disorder.
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intention tremor
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this neuromuscular condition involves progressive destruction of anterior horn motor neurons and fibers of the pyramidal tract. As the disease progresses the sufferer loses the ability to speak, swallow, and breathe; death typically occurs within 5yrs
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Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
Lou gehrig's disease |
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This motor disorder is causes the loss of muscle control and coordination. It is caused by damage of the moitor areas of the brain either during fetal development, birth, or infacny, hydrocephalus during infacy or radiation during fetal development
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Cerebral palsy
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describe narcolepsy
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a condition in which REM sleep cannot be inhibited during waking periods resulting in involuntary periods of sleep that last aout 15min occuring throughout the day.
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Monoplegia
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paralysis of one limb only
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Diplegia
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paralysis of both upper limbs or both lower limbs
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Paraplegia
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paralysis of both lower limbs
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Hemiplegia
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paralysis of the upper limb, trunk, and lower limb on one side of the body
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Quadriplegia
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paralysis of all four limbs
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Reduced ability to smell?
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Hyposmia
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total lack of the sense of smell?
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Anosmia
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Tip of the toungue and associated with safe foods?
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Sweet
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Back sides of the tongue associated with spoiled?
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Sour
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Back middle of the tongue associated with poisonous?
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Bitter
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Front sides of the tongue associated with sodium chloride
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Salty
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Diffuse location associated with meaty , savory or broth-like
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Umami
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List 3 types of papillae that contain tastebuds
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Vallate papillae
Fungiform papillae (mushroom shaped) Foliate papillae(mostly lost during childhood) |
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This papillae does not contain tastebuds
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Filiform papillae
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List the primary tastes in order of threshold from least to greatest.
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Bitter
Sour (sweet, salty, umami) |
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True or false:
70% of all sensory receptors in the body are in the eyes? |
True
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Victims of this disease retain peripheral vision but lose the ability to see straight ahead in the advanced stages
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AMD (age-related macular disease)
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this form of AMD involves the central vision gradually diminishing becuase the pigmented layer atrophies and degenerates. There is no effective treatment
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Dry
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The form of AMD occurs when new blood vessels form in the choroid and leak plasma or blood under the retina. Treatment involves laser surgery to destroy the leaking blood vessels
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Wet
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Loss of transparency of the lens is termed?
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cataracts
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This is when the lens loses elasticity with aging and therefore loses its ability to accommodate
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Presbyopia
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Nearsightedness
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Myopia
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Farsightedness
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Hypermetropia
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Irregular curvature of the cornea is called?
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Astigmatism
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The photopigment in rods is?
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rhodopsin
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The photopigments in cones are?
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Photopsin I- Yellow or Red
Photopsin II- green Photopsin III- blue-violet |
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Night blindness is also termed?
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Nyctalopia
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Increased sensitivity to sound is called?
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Hyperacusia
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Wandering eye describes this condition?
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Amblyopia
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Inflammation of the eyelids is?
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Blepharitis
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inflamation or infection of the cornea is?
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Keratitis
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Pinkeye is called?
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Conjunctivits
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This form of conjunctivitis is the greatest single cause of blindness in the world
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Trachoma
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Term for constriction of the pupil?
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Miosis
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Term for dilation of the pupil?
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mydriasis
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Rapid involuntary movement of the eyeballs
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Nystagmus
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this is an imbalance in the extrinsic eye muscles resulting in misalignment of one eye so that its line of vision is not parallel. (cross-eyed)
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Strabismus
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Term for an earache
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Otalgia
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Falling or drooping of the eyelid
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Ptosis
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A tumor arising from immature retinal cells
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Retinoblastoma
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an area of reduced or lost vision in the visual field
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scotoma
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ringing, roaring or clicking in the ears
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Tinnitus
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