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| Name the correct term of: Neurotransmitter chemical released at the ends of nerve cells. |
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| Name the correct term of: Carries messages toward the brain and spinal cord (sensory nerve) |
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| Afferent nerve. (Afferent comes from af- a formof ad- meaning toward and -ferent meaning carrying. |
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| Name the correct term of: Type of glial (neuroglial) cell that transports water and salts from capillaries. |
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| Name the correct term of: Nerves that control involuntary body functions of muscles, glands, and internal organs. |
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| Name the correct term of: Microscopic fiber that carries the nervous impulse along a nerve cell |
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| Name the correct term of: Blood vessels (capillaries) that selectively get certain substances enter the brain tissue and keep other substances out. |
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| Name the correct term of: Lower portion of the brain that connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord; includes the pons and medulla oblongata |
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| Name the correct term of: Collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord. |
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| Name the correct term of: Part of a nerve cell that contains the nucleus |
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| Name the correct term of: Posterior part of the brain that coordinates muscle movements and maintains balance. |
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| Name the correct term of: Outer region of the cerebrum, containing sheets of nerve cells; gray matter of the brain |
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| Name the correct term of: Circulates throughout the brain and spinal cord. |
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| cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) |
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| Name the correct term of: Largest part of the brain; responsible for voluntary muscular activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought, and memory. |
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| Name the correct term of: Twelve pairs of nerves that carry messages to and from the brain with regard to the head and neck. |
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| cranial nerves (except the vagus nerve) |
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| Name the correct term of: Microsopic branching fiber of a nerve cell that is the first part to receive the nervous impulse. |
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| Name the correct term of: Thick outermost layer of the meninges surrounding and protecting the brain and spinal cord. Latin for "hard mother" |
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| Name the correct term of: Carries messages away from the brain and spinal cord; motor nerve. |
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| Name the correct term of: Glial cell that lines membranes within the brain and spinal cord and helps form cerebrospinal fluid |
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| Name the correct term of: Collection of nerve cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system |
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| ganglion (plural: ganglia) |
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| Name the correct term of: Supportive and connective nerve cell that does not carry nervous impulses |
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| glial cell (neuroglial cell) |
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| Name the correct term of: Sheet of nerve cells that produces a rounded ridge on the surface of the cerebral cortex; convolution |
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| Name the correct term of: Portion of the brain beneath the thalamus; controls sleep, appetite, body temperature, and secretions from the pituitary gland |
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| Name the correct term of: Part of the brain just above the spinal cord; controls breathing, heartbeat, and the size of blood vessels; nerve fibers cross over here. |
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| Name the correct term of: Three protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord. |
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| Name the correct term of: Phagocytic glial cell that removes waste products from the central nervous system. |
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| Name the correct term of: Carries messages away from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and organs; efferent nerve |
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| Name the correct term of: Covering of white fatty tissue that surrounds and insulates the axon of a nerve cell. |
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| myelin sheath (myelin speeds impulse conduction along axons). |
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| Name the correct term of: Macroscopic cord-like collection of fibers (axons and dendrites) that carry electrical impulses. |
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| Name the correct term of: Nerve cell that carries impullses throughout the body |
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| Name the correct term of: Chemical messenger released at the end of a nerve cell. It stimulates or inhibits another cell which can be a nerve cell, muscle cell, or gland cell. |
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| neurotransmitter (examples are acetylcholine, norepinephrine, dopamine, and serotonin) |
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| Name the correct term of: Glial cell that forms the myelin sheath covering axons. |
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| oligodendroglial cell. Also called oligodendrocyte. |
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| Name the correct term of: Involuntary, autonomic nerves that regulate normal body functions such as heart rate, breathing, and muscles of the gastrointestinal tract. |
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| Name the correct term of: Essential, distinguishing tissue of any organ or system |
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| parenchyma. The parenchyma of the nervous system includes the brain, spinal cord, and neurons. Parenchymal cells of the liver are hepatocytes, and parenchymal tissue of the kidney includes the nephrons, where urine is formed. |
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| Name the correct term of: Nerves outside the brain and spinal cord; crancial, spinal, and autonomic nerves. |
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| peripheral nervous system |
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| Name the correct term of: Thin, delicate inner membrane of the meninges |
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| Name the correct term of: Large, interlacing network of nerves. |
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| plexus (plural: plexuses) Examples are lumosacral, cervical, and brachial plexusis. The term originated from the Indo-European plek meaning to weave together |
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| Name the correct term of: Part of the brain anterior to the cerebellum and between the medulla and the rest of the midbrain. |
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| pons. Latin pons means bridge. It is a bridge connecting various parts of the brain. |
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| Name the correct term of: Organ that receives a nervous stimulus and passes it on to afferent nerves. |
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| receptor. The skin, ears, eyes, and taste buds are receptors. |
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| Name the correct term of: Nerve extending from the base of the spine down the thigh, lower leg, and foot. |
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| Sciatic nerve. Sciatica is pain or inflammation along the course of the nerve. |
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| Name the correct term of: Carries messages toward the brain and spinal cord from a receptor; afferent nerve |
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| Name the correct term of: Thirty one pairs of nerves arising from the spinal cord. |
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| Name the correct term of: Agent of change (light, sound, touch) int the internal or external environment that evokes a response. |
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| stimulus (plural: stimuli) |
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| Name the correct term of: Connective and supporting tissue of an organ. |
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| stroma. Glial cells are the stromal tissue of the brain. |
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| Name the correct term of: Depression or groove in the surface of the cerebral cortex; fissure |
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| Name the correct term of: Autonomic nerves that influence bodily functions involuntarily in times of stress. |
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| Name the correct term of: Space through which a nervous impulse travels between nerve cells or between nerve and muscle or glandular cells. |
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| synapse. From the Greek synapsis, a point of contact. |
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| Name the correct term of: Main relay center of the brain. It conducts impulses between the spinal cord and the cerebrum; incoming sensory messages are relayed through here to appropriate centers in the cerebrum. |
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| thalamus. Latin thalamus means room. The Romans, who named this structure, thought this part of the brain was hollow like a little room. |
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| Name the correct term of: Tenth cranial nerve (cranial nerve X); its branches reach to the larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, aorta, esophagus, and stomach. |
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| vagus nerve. Latin vagus means wandering. Unlike the other cranial nerves, the vagus leaves the head and "wanders" into the abdominal and thoracic cavities. |
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| Name the correct term of: Canals in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid. |
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| Name the term: Middle layer of the three membranes (meninges) that surround the brain and spinal cord. |
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| Name the term: Brain and the spinal cord |
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| central nervous system (CNS) |
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| The nervous impulse passes through the axon to leave the cell via the ___________ ___ _______ |
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| The cell body contains the cell _______. |
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| Give 3 examples of neurotransmitters. There are (6) |
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| acetylcholine, norepinephrine, epinephrine, adrenaline, dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins |
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| The brain is divided in half, a right side and a left side, which are called _____________ ___________________. |
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| Name the procedure: spinal fluid is withdrawn for diagnosis or relief of pressure on the brain. |
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| The area of the medulla oblongata that controls muscles of respiration in response to chemicals or other stimuli is called the ______________ center. |
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| The area of the medulla oblongata that slows the heart rate when the heart is beating too rapidly is called the _______________ center. |
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| The area of the medulla oblongata that affects (constricts or dilates) the muscles in the walls of blood vessels, thus influencing blood pressure is called the ________________ center. |
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| Name the neurologic structure: microscopic fiber leading from the cell body that carries the nervous impulse along a nerve cell. |
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| Name the neurologic structure: large, interlacing network of nerves. |
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| Name the neurologic structure: three protective membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord. |
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| Name the neurologic structure: microsopic branching fiber of a nerve cell that is the first part to receive the nervous impulse. |
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| Name the neurologic structure: outer region of the largest part of the brain; composed of gray matter |
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| Name the neurologic structure: glial cell that transports water and salets between capillaries and nerve cells |
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| Name the neurologic structure: glial cell that produces myelin |
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| Name the neurologic structure: a nerve cell that transmits a nerve impulse. |
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| Name the neurologic structure: collection of spinal nerves below the end of the spinal cord at the level of the second lumbar vertebra. |
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| Name the neurologic structure: fatty tissue that surrounds the axon of a nerve cell. |
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| Name the term: outermost meningeal layer surrounding the brain and spinal cord. |
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| Name the term: brain and the spinal cord |
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| Name the term: nerves outside the brain and spinal cord; cranial, spinal and autonomic nerves. |
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| peripheral nervous system |
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| Name the term: middle meningeal membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord. |
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| Name the term: part of the brain below the thalamus; controls sleep, appetite, body temperature, and secretions from the pituitary gland. |
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| Name the term: space through which a nervous impulse is transmitted from a nerve cell to another nerve cell or to a muscle or gland cell. |
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| Name the term: autonomic nerves that influence body functions involuntarily in times of stress. |
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| Name the term: part of the brain just above the spinal cord that controls breathing, heartbeat, and the size of blood vessels. |
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| Name the term: part of the brain anterior to the cerebellum and between the medulla and the upper parts of the brain; connects these parts of the brain. |
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| Name the term: posterior part of the brain that coordinates voluntary muscle movements. |
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| Name the term: part of the brain below the cerebrum; relay center that conducts impulses between the spinal cord and the cerebrum. |
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| Name the term: canals in the interior of the brain that are filled with CSF. |
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| Name the term: lower portion of the brain that connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord (includes the pons and the medulla) |
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| Name the term: largest part of the brain; controls voluntary muscle movement, vision, speech, hearing, thought, memory. |
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| Name the term: collection of nerve cell bodies outside the brain and spinal cord. |
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| Name the term: innermost meningeal membrane |
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| Name the term: carry messages away from (efferent) the brain and spinal cord to muscles and glands. |
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| Name the term: carry messages toward (afferent) the brain and spinal cord from receptors |
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| Name the term: grooves in the cerebral cortex |
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| Name the term: contains cerebrospinal fluid |
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| Name the term: elevations in the cerebral cortex |
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| Name the term: chemical that is released at the end of a nerve cell and stimulates or inhibits another cell (example: (acetylcholine) |
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| Name the term: essential cell of the nervous system; a neuron |
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| Name the term: connective and supportive (stromal) tissue. |
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