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24 Cards in this Set
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What are the 3 meninges? |
dura mater, pia mater, arachnoid mater |
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4 parts of the brain |
Cerebrum
Diencephalon Cerebellum Brain Stem |
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What are the lobes of the cerebrum |
occipital lobe, parietal, temporal, frontal |
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What are the parts of the neuron |
dendrite, cell body, axon, myelin sheath, axon terminals |
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Efferent nerve signals |
travel from the brain |
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The brain stem consists of the |
midbrain, pons, and medulla oblangata |
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The bridge of axons that joins the left and right hemispheres of the cerebrum is the |
Corpus Callosum |
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The central nervous system consists of |
the brain and spinal cord |
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The cerebellum is an autonomic processing center that |
adjusts the postural muscles of the body |
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The cranial nerve responsible for the sense of smell is the |
olfactory nerve |
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The cranial nerve responsible for the sense for vision is the
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optic nerve |
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The gap between the axon of one nerve and the dendrite of the next is called the |
synaptic cleft |
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The hypothalamus contains the centers involved with |
hormone production, temperature regulation, and emotions |
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The nervous system is composed of two cell types |
neurons and neuroglia |
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The two major anatomical divisions of the nervous are |
Central Nervous System (CNS) and the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) |
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The two parts of the diencephalon are the |
thalamus and hypothalamus |
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There are __ pair of cranial nerves; __ pair of spinal nerves |
12, 31 |
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The fibrous layer, the outermost covering of the eye, consists of the |
sclera and cornea |
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The term general senses refers to sensations of |
temperature, pain, touch, pressure, vibration, proprioception |
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Free nerve endings that function as pain receptors are called |
nociceptors |
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Most of the taste buds on the surface of the tongue are associated with the |
large circumvallate papillae |
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The structures that monitor dynamic equilibrium, which aids in maintaining balance when the head and body are moved suddenly, are the |
semicircular ducts |
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The photoreceptors that account for the perception of black and white (dim light) are the |
rods |
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Name the three ear ossicles |
malleus, inscus, stapes |