Nervous
Pain in the nerve(s)
What is neuralgia?
The 3 main structure of the full nervous sytem
What are the Brain, Spinal cord, and Nerves?
The central nervous system consists of these 2 main parts.
What are brain and spinal cord?
The part of the brain that is the sensory directory. Decides where signals should go into the brain.
What is the thalamus?
The body part described by the cephal/o prefix.
What is the head?
paralysis typically results from...
illness, poison, or injury
PNS stands for this.
What is peripheral nervous system?
This is what CNS stands for.
What is Central Nervous System?
The division of your peripheral nervous system that is made up of the nerves that control involuntary body responses and functions.
What is the autonomic nervous sysytem?
The outer layer of the cerebrum
What is the Cerebral Cortex?
The prefix spin/o is for this body part.
What is the spine?
Progressive disease that causes problems with balance and walking, along with many other symptoms.
What is Multiple Sclerosis (MS)?
The two subdivisions of the Autonomic Nervous System--and the function of each.
What are : Sympathetic "Fight or Flight" Parasympathetic Division- "rest and digest" ?
These are the nerves that make up the nerves of the face and head.
Cranial Nerves
This structure functions like a highway and transmits nerve impulses from the body to the brain and from the brain to the body.
What is the spinal cord?
There are approximately this many neurons in the human brain.
What is 86 billion?
The prefix neur/o means this body part...
What is nerve?
The name for a disease that causes progressive memory Loss
Alzheimer's
The part of the brain that acts as a passageway between brain and spinal cord
What is the midbrain or brain stem?
The axon terminal holds these inside small vesicles
What are neurotransmitters?
This is the cranial nerve responsible for smell.
Olfactory Nerve
General term for external severe injury of the brain.
Traumatic Brain Injury
The prefix crani/o means this body part
What is the skull?
A neurological condition that causes involuntary movements typically in the hands, legs, jaw, or face. Also impairs balance and coordination.
Parkinson's Disease
An action potential travels along this structure until it reaches the axon terminal.
What is the Axon?
The part of the brain, situated beneath the thalamus, monitors and controls autonomic nervous system functions
What is the hypothalamus?
The gaps between the myelin sheaths on the axon
What are nodes of ranvier?
subjective sensation that often occurs before a migraine or seizure
What is aura?
The suffix -itis means this....
Inflammation or swelling
Acute inflammation of the meninges
Meningitis