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| functions of speech and the motor are that controls voluntary movement on the contralateral side of the body. |
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| contains the auditory and olfactory areas. Hearing, smell, and taste |
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| controls the sensations of touch and taste. Pain, temperature senstation |
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| Largest portion of the brain, is responsible for thinking, reasoning, and memory. |
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| Coordinates voluntary movement |
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| Voluntary movement-skin, muscles and joints |
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| Involuntary movement-heart, glands and organs |
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| Cranial nerves have how many? |
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| Spinal nerves have how many? |
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| Sympathetic Nervous System |
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| is capable of producing "fight-or-flight" response, heart rate and blood pressure increase. |
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| Parasympathetic Nervous System |
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| opposite of Sympathetic Nervous System, slowing heart rate, lowering blood pressure, "rest and digest" system. |
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| Sensation that may precede an epileptic seizure or the onset of some types of headache. May be a sensation of light or warmth |
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| Disorder in the manner of walking |
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| Feeling of prickling, burning, or numbness |
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| Involuntary muscle contractions of sudden onset |
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| Condition of abnormal accumulation of fluid in the ventricles of the brain |
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| Deep, prolonged unconsciousness from which the patient cannot be aroused |
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| Serious head injury characterized by one ormore of the following: loss of consiousness, amnesia, seizure, or change in mental status |
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| Amyotophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) |
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| Degenerative, fatal disease of the motor neurons aka Lou Gehrig disease |
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| Autoimmune disorder of acute polyneuritis producing prfound myasthenia that may lead to paralysis |
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| Neurodegenerative disease characterized by destruction of the myelin sheaths of the CNS neurons and their abnormal replacement by the gradual accumulation of hardened plaques |
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| Progressive neurodegenerative disease characterized by tremors, fasciculations, slow shuffling gait, hypokinesia, dysphasia, and dysphagia |
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| Paralysis of the facial nerve |
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| Disorder charaterized by sudden attacks of sleep |
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| Any infection or inflammation of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. |
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| Inflammation of the sciatic nerve |
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| Herpes Zoster or Chicken pox |
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| Cerebrovascular Accident (CVA) |
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| Ischemia of cerebral tissue due to occlusion from a thrombus or embolus, or as a result of a cerebral hemorrhage, aka stroke, brain attack, cerebral infarction |
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| Transient ischemic attack (TIA) |
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| Same thing as a CVA but can be resolve in 24 hours, aka ministorke |
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| Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) |
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| method of pain control effected by the application of electrical impulses to the skin |
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| Specialized unti that receives and transmits messages in the form of nerve impulses |
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| Bundle containing the fibers of many neurons and microscopic blood vessels |
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| Filter harmful substances from the blood |
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| Assist in the formation of cerebrospinal fluid |
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| Engulfing and destroying microorganisms and cellular waste in nervous tissue |
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| Producing the myelin sheath for neurons in the CNS |
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| thick covering located closest to the skull and vertebral column and contains veins that drain blood from the brain |
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| middle layer, provides weblike space for the fluid between the second and third layers |
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| THin membrane closest tot he brain and spinal column, contains blood vessels to supply blood to the brain |
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| located outside the dura mater between the dura mater and vertebra and skull and contains fat that acts as a cushion to absorb trauma |
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| located between the dura mater and arachnoid membrane and contains a serous fluid for lubrication |
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| located between the pia mater and arachnoid membrane and contains CSF, which serves as a cushion to protect the brain and spinal cord |
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| composed of gray matter and located between the cerebrum and midbrain. |
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| controlled by CNS, mainly the cerebral cortex, hypothalamus, and medulla |
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| occurs when the abdominal wall draws inward in response to stroking the lateral side of the abdomen |
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| (angle jerk) occurs when the Achilles tendon is tapped and the foot extends |
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| occurs when the bottom of the foot is stroked upward. |
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| occurs when the cornea is toched; the eye blinks or shuts in response |
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| (knee-jerk response) occurs when the patellar tendon is tapped and the lower lef extends outward |
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| occurs when the bottom of the foot is stroked and toes flex |
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| Inability to communicate through oral or written speech because of damage to the speech center |
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| Inability to control voluntary muscle movements because of damage to cerebellum or motor area of cerebral cortex |
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| Immobility from emotional rather than physical cause |
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| Confused, unfocused, and agitated behavior |
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| Persistent belief in an untruth |
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| Unreal sensory perception |
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| Impaired perception of reality |
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| measures visuomotor and spatial abilities |
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| test measures ability to intergrate intellectual and emotional factors |
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| Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI) |
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| measures personality characteristics through forced-choice questions |
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| Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale (WAIS) |
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| measures verbal and performance intelligence quotient (IQ) |
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| Another name for glial cells? |
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| What is the function unit of of the nervous systems? |
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| Hemiplegia is paralysis of what side? |
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| Paralysis on the left or right side of the body (half) |
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| Headache of vascular origin |
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| What does CNS consist of? |
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| Spinal cord, brain, and meninges. |
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| produces hormones that signal the anterior pituitary gland to release its hormones into the blood for circulation |
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| controls upper eyelids muscles, eye movements, regulation of pupil size, and accommodation for close vision |
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| controls movement of external eye muscles |
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controls chewing movements
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| controls taste, facial muscles, controls secretion of tears and salvia |
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| controls taste, salivation, controls swallowing muscles, blood pressure sensation |
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| controls swallowing muscles |
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| controls some shoulder movements controls some head movements |
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| controls tongue muscles (swallowing and speech) |
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| Condition in which the spinal column has an abnormal opening that allows the protrusion of the meninges and/or the spinal cord |
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| Neuralgia of the fith cranial nerve producing excruciating pain of the face |
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