the crainial nerves belong to which part of the nervous system (peripheral or central)
The peripheral
100
the five senses
the five senses What is vision, hearing, equilibrium, taste, and smell
100
Basic functional units of the nervous system
What are neurons?
100
helps trigger and maitain lactaionWhat
What is prolactin
100
Another name for pituitary gland
What is master gland
200
The five nerves that in some way supply the eye
What is Optic (II), Trigeminal (V), Oculomotor (III), Trochlear (IV), Abducent (VI)
200
sense of position
What is proprioception
200
fight or flight
What is sympathetic nervous system
200
difference in endocrine and exocrine glands
What is endocrine gland secretions travel through the bloodstream and exocrine gland secretions travel through ducts to intended area
200
another name for nociceptors
What is pain receptors
300
function of olfactory nerve
What is smell
300
cause of glaucoma
What is and aqueous humor (liquid) that is being produced at a faster rate than it can be drained from the eye causing pressure to build. This casues pain and can lead to blindness
300
Where glycine is found
What is the spinal cord
300
the organ that has both endocrine and exocrine functions
What is the pancreas
300
explaination of windup
What is an exaggerated pain response that can be produced when the spinal cord is bombarded with severe or chronic pain impulses. Can result in severely painful responses to stimuli that would normally not be distressful.
400
type and function of vestibulocochlear nerve
What is sensory, balance and hearing
400
The four primary taste sensations
What is sweet, sour, salty, and bitter
400
name of the 3 catecholamines
What is Norepinephrine, Dopamine, and Epinephrine
400
the function of insulin
What is acts to lower the level of glucose in the blood
400
Reflex response that is more pronounced than normal
What is hyperreflextive
500
cranial nerve VI and its function
What is Abducent nerve, eye movement
500
Small bones in middle ear that amplify sound waves and transmit sounds to inner ear
What is Malleus (hammer), Incus (anvil), and Stapes (stirrup)
500
difference between afferent and efferent nerves
afferent (sensory) conduct impulses to the CNS and efferent (motor) conduct impulses from the CNS to muscles
500
the two parts of the pituitary gland
What is anterior and posterior
500
how sound vibrations are heard
external ear collects and directs sound vibrations to the eardrum, the middle ear amplifies and transmits vibrations too the inner ear, and the inner ear contains sensory receptors that convert them to nerve impulses