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66 Cards in this Set
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neurons
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send impulses (messages)
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sensory neurons
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afferent
towards the brain |
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motor neurons
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efferent
away from the brain |
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dendrites
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receive impulses then send impulse on to the cell body
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myelin sheath
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covering on a nerve
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synapse
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space between neurons
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central nervous system
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brain and spinal cord
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peripheral nervous system
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cranial and spinal nerves
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sympathetic nerves
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speed up reactions
fight, fright or flight |
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parasympathetic nerves
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calm us back down
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cerebrum
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largest
memory and thinking |
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frontal lobe
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motor functions (movement)
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parietal
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receive messages from senses and decodes them
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occipital
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eye sight
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temporal
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sense of hearing and smell
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cerebellum
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coordination and balance
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thalamus
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pain, impulses from senses then sends on to cerebrum
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hypothalamus
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vital body functions
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midbrain
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connects brain with spinal cord
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pons
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connect cerebellum with rest of the brain
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medulla oblongata
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controls vital life functions
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meninges
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covering on the brain and spinal cord that protects
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dura mater
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outter layer of meninges
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arachnoid
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midder layer of meninges
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pia mater
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inner layer of meninges
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ventricles
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transport cerebral spinal fluid
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asthenia
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without strength (weakness)
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ataxia
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without coordination
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aura
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person has a feeling something is going to happen
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autism
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own world
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cerebral palsy
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brain injury at birth
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coma
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deep unconsciousness
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concussion
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severe blow to the head
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dementia
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problems remembering simple things, aging process
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herpes zoster
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shingles, adult version of chicken pocks
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varicella zoster
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chicken pocks
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Huntington's chorea
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hereditary, movement then eventually brain
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hydrocephalus
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water on the head
too much cerebral spinal fluid |
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lethargy
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person doesnt respond
act really tired |
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reyes syndrome
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children with fever were given asprin developed brain problems
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sciatica
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pain from back clean down the leg
inflamed sciatic nerve |
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syncope
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to faint
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Bell's palsy
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paralysis of the face--unilateral
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epilepsies
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seizures
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convulsions
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involuntary jerking
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petit mal
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"gone for a little bit, then come back"
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grand mal
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most severe
convulsions |
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Parkinson's disease
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tremors
shuffling walk |
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gait
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walk
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multiple sclerosis
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myelin sheath pieces break off or deteriorates, impulses jump
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Alzheimer's disease
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memory loss, serious mental deteration
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ALS
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Lou Geherig's disease
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reflex
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involuntary reaction to something inside or outside the body
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-plegia
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paralysis
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-paresis
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slight paralysis
little movement |
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hemiplegia
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paralysis of half
right or left side |
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paraplegia
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accidents
legs |
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quadriplegia
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accidents
arms and legs -- 4 extremities |
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CNS
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central nervous system
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CP
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cerebral palsy
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CSF
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cerebrospinal fluid
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CVA
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stroke
clot (thrombus), embolus, hemmorage cerebrovascular accident |
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EEG
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brain wave
electroencephalogram |
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LP
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lumbar puncture
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MS
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multiple sclerosis
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TIA
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mini stroke
transient ischemic attack |
