AP Flashcards

8169253207	Nerve trunk	A bundle of nerves	0
8169253208	Nerve cells	Neurons	1
8169253209	Dendrites	The part of a neuron that takes impulses to the cell body	2
8169253210	Reflex center	The place where an incoming impulse becomes an outgoing impulse	3
8169253211	Anesthesia	Lack of sensations	4
8169253212	Cerebrum	Largest part of brain which controls thought	5
8169253213	Spinal meninges	Form of tubelike covering around the spinal cord and lining the vertebrae	6
8169253214	Astrocytes	Star cells	7
8169253215	Sensory neurons	Take impulses to the spinal cord	8
8169253216	Synapse	The place where dendrites and axons almost touch	9
8169253217	Neurotransmitters	Chemicals that are released into the synapse	10
8169253218	Paralysis	Loss ability to move	11
8169253219	Cerebellum	Second largest part of the bran and controls coordination and balance	12
8169253220	Ventricles	Fluid filled spaces in the brain	13
8169253221	Reflex arcs	Neural pathways	14
8169253222	Motoneurons	Nerves that transmit impulses to the brain and spinal cord	15
8169253223	Reflex	Knee jerk or withdrawal	16
8169253224	Acetylenoline	Neurotransmitters in the spinal cord	17
8169253225	Brainstem	Made up of pons, medulla, and midbrain	18
8169253226	Corpus callosum	Connects the sides o the cerebrum	19
8169253227	Cerebrospinal fluid	Fluids which seep out of the choroid plexus into lateral ventricles of the brain an move through the arachnoid membrane	20
8169253228	Microglia	Phagocytic neuroglia	21
8169253229	Interneurons	Connect motoneurons to sensory neurons	22
8169253230	Effector	Puts an impulse into effect	23
8169253231	Neuron transmitters in the brain	Catecholamines	24
8169253232	Diencephalon	Made of the thalamus and hypothalamus	25
8169253233	Nerve impulse	A self propagating wave and electrical negativity	26
8169509589	3 major parts of nervous system	Brain, nerves, spinal cord	27
8169509590	Distinguish between nerve and nerve truck	Nerve- group of nerve fibers Nerve Trunk- bundle of nerves	28
8169509591	Explain how cerebrospinal fluid forms	Fluids which deep out of the choroid plexus into lateral ventricles of the brain	29
8169509592	Describe the location of the layers of meninges in relation to each other	Pura mater innermost Arachnoid membrane middle Dura mater outermost	30
8169509593	3 types of neurons	sensory neurons, motor neurons, interneurons	31
8169509594	What are the locations of the 3 types of nerves in a cross section of the spinal cord	Interneurons Axons of sensory neurons Cell bodies and dendrites of motoneurons Found at the gray matter of spinal cord	32
8169509595	presynaptic neuron	conducts impulses toward the synapse	33
8169509596	postsynaptic neuron	transmits impulses away from the synapse	34
8169509597	Arrangement of grey and white matter in a cross section of the spinal cord	Grey inner layer White outer layer	35
8169509598	Location of each spinal nerve	8 cervical 5 lumbar 5 sacralspinal 12 thoracic 1 coccygeal tailbone	36
8169509599	Relationship between basal ganglia and Parkinson disease	Parkinson disease affects basal ganglia	37
8169509600	What does CVA mean?	Stoke- cerebrovascular accident	38
8169550945	What is the relationship between gyri and fissures	Gyri- ridges Sulci fissures/grooves	39
8169550946	Length of spinal cord in inches and position in the spinal column	17/18 in extends from the brain just below the first vertebrae	40