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34 Cards in this Set
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what are the two principal divisions that make up the nervous system? |
Central Nervous System & Peripheral Nervous System |
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Endocrine system consists of glands that release ______________ into the _____________. |
hormones bloodstream |
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what are the layers of the meninges? |
Pia Mater - Inner Arachnid Mater - Middle Dura Mater - Outer |
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What is the morphine - like neurotransmitter that act as a natural pain killer? |
endorphines |
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Lobe of brain that is the auditory area |
temporal lobe |
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Lobe of brain that deals with vision |
occipital lobe |
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Two types of cells food in the nervous system |
neuron and glia |
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Part of neuron that carries impulses to the neuron cell body |
dendrites |
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Part of the neuron that carries impulses away form the neuron cell body |
axon |
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Types of neurons that carry impulses to the brain and spinal cord |
afferent |
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Types of neurons that carry impulses away form the brain and spinal cord |
efferent |
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Cells that produce myelin for the cells of the brain and spinal cord |
oligodendrocytes |
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cells that produce myelin for cells outside the brain and spinal |
Schwann Cells |
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the brainstem includes |
medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain |
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the "vital centers: (cardiac, respiratory, and vasomotor centers) are located in the |
medulla |
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the innermost membrane covering the brain and spinal cord is called |
pia mater |
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Oxytocin uses what type of feedback loop? |
Positive Feedback Loop |
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What is the purpose of Oxytocin |
stimulates contraction of smooth muscle for labor |
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What does ADH do? |
increases water reabsorption |
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TSH stimulates what gland to release what hormone |
thyroid, thyroid hormone |
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Another name for posterior pituitary |
neurohypophysis |
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Which hormones does posterior pituitary release? |
ADH & Oxytocin |
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Another name for anterior pituitary |
adenohypophysis |
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What hormones does anterior pituitary release? |
TSH, ACTH, FSH, LH, GH, PRL |
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Hormones can use what type of feedback loops |
Negative & Postive |
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Thyroid gland produces which hormones? |
thyroxine (T4), Triidothronine (T3), Calcitonin (CT) |
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which one affects calcium and how does that occur? |
calcitonin. It decreases concentration by actin got bone inhibiting its breakdown. |
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PTH had the opposite effect of one of the thyroid hormones, which one? How does it that occur? |
opposite of calcitonin; PTH increases the concentration of the calcium in the blood. |
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What does glucagon do to your blood sugar and what cells are they? |
Increases blood sugar levels and are alpha cells.
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What does insulin do to your blood and what cells are they? |
Decreases blood sugar levels are beta cells |
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Which two endocrine glands undergo "involution" |
pineal and thymus glands |
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What do exocrine glands have that endocrine glands do not |
ducts |
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Which endocrine glands are in the brain? |
pineal, pituitary, hypothalamus |
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the pineal gland is also called |
third eye |
