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28 Cards in this Set
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Basic Functions are:refle |
1. Senses Changes (sensory) 2. Interprets Changes (integrative) 3. Responds to motor (Motor)
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Reflexes are |
Autonomic |
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Neuron |
Basic unit of the nervous system |
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Central Nervous System (CNS) |
"Control Center"
Receives Sensory info
Sends response impulses: Brain Spinal Cord
Protected by: Meninges Cerebrospinal Fluid Blood Brain Barrier
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Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) |
Connects brain and spinal cord to limbs.
Less protected and more prone to damage.
Somatic Nervous System: voluntary
Autonomic Nervous Sustem: involuntary |
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SNS |
Somatic Nervous System |
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ANS |
Autonomic Nervous System 1. Sympathetic 2. Parasympathetic |
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PNS: Somatic Nervous System |
Somat/O: Body
Voluntary Control of body movements: Skeletal Muscles
12 Cranial Nerves 31 Spinal Nerves |
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PNS: Autonomic Nervous System |
Aut/O: Self
Involuntary control of body movements: internal organs
Sympathetic: fight or flight response. Increase heart rate & respiration Secrete adrenaline
Parasympathetic: rest and digest. Slow heart rate, stimulate digestion, & sexual arousal. |
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Cephal/O |
Brain |
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Cerebell/o |
Cerebellum |
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Cerebr/o |
Cerebrum |
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Dur/o |
Dura mater |
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Mening/o & meningi/o |
Meninges |
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Myel/o |
Spinal cord |
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Neur/o |
Nerve |
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Alges/o & -algesia |
Sensitivity to pain |
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Esthesi/o & -ethesia |
Feeling |
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•kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic: |
Movement |
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•-lepsy: |
Seizure |
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-paresis: |
Weakness |
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•-phasia: |
Speech |
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•-plegia: |
Loss of movement, paralysis |
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•syncop/o: |
Cut short |
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•Hydrocephalus |
Fluid on brain |
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•Spina bifida |
Defect in lumbar spinal column |
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•Epilepsy |
Abnormal electrical activity in brain |
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•Multiple sclerosis |
•Destruction of myelin sheath •Autoimmune |
