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35 Cards in this Set
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Cranial nerve responsible for sense of smell
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Olfactory
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Cranial nerve responsible for sight
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Optic
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Cranial nerve responsible for
eye movement, size of pupils and eye focus |
Oculormotor
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Cranial nerve responsible for eye movement
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Trochlear
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Cranial nerve responsible for head and face and chewing movements
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Trigeminal
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Cranial nerve responsible for abduction of eye (muscle that turns eye outward)
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Abducens
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Cranial nerve responsible for facial expressions , excretion of saliva and sense of taste
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Facial
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Cranial nerve responsible for sense of hearing and balance foe equlilibrium sense
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Acoustic
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Cranial nerve responsible for taste and other sensations of the tongue, swallowing movements, and secretion of saliva
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Glossopharyngeal
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Cranial nerve responsible for sensations of movement (e.g. decrease in heart rate, increase in peristalsis, and contracting of muscles for voice production)
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Vagus
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Cranial nerve responsible for shoulder movements, turning movements of head, and voice productions
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Acessory
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Cranial nerve responsible for tongue movements
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Hypoglossal
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The number of cranial nerves in the human body
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12 cranial nerves
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The number of pair of spinal nerves in the human body
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31 pair of spinal nerves
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The nervous system that consists of nerves that branch out from the central nervous system and connect to other parts of the body.
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Peripheral Nervous System
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Anterior or ventral
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Toward the front of the body
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Posterior or dorsal
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Toward the back or rear of the body
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Medial
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Near or toward the midline of the body
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Lateral
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Farther away from the midline of the body
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Interal
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Inside
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External
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Outside
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Proximal
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Nearer the point of origin or closer to the body
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Distal
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Away from the point of origin or away from the body
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Superior
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Higher than or above
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Cranial
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Toward the head
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Caudal
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Toward the lower end of the body
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Inferior
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Lower than the elbow
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Erect
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Normal standing position of the body
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Supine
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Lying position of the body, face up
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Prone
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Lying position of the body, face down
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Lateral recumbent
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Lying position of the body, either side
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Peripheral
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The outward part of surface of a structure
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Metabolism
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The process of absorption, storage, and the use of these foods by the body for growth, maintenance and repair
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Homeostasis
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The body's self regulated control of its interal environment
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This allows the organisms to maintain a state of constancy or equlibrium
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Homeostasis
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