My Last Nerve
The FINAL nerve cell that brings about the REACTION to a stimulus
What is an efferent (motor) neuron?
The outermost spinal meninx
What is dura mater?
Star-shaped cells that form a supporting network in the CNS
What are astrocytes?
This term means abnormal fear
What is phobia?
This term means a sudden surge of electrical activity in the brain
What is seizure?
Neurons that convey information to muscles and glands
What are efferent (motor) neurons?
The inner delicate meninx
What is the pia mater?
Myelin sheaths of the PNS are produced by these cells
What are Schwann Cells?
This suffix means having an affinity for
What is -tropic?
This term means headache
What is cephalalgia?
Most afferent (sensory) neurons are this structural type
What is unipolar?
This space contains CSF
What is subarachnoid?
These glial cells are macrophages
What is microglia?
This suffix means speak or speech
What is -phasia?
This term means inflammation of the meninges
What is meningitis?
This impulse moves in only ONE direction down a nerve fiber
What is an action potential?
This space/layer separates the meninges from the vertebrae
What is epidural?
Myelin sheaths of the CNS are produced by these cells
This term means body
What is -soma?
The spinal cord is an extension of this part of the brain
What is the medulla oblongota?
What is gray matter?
The spinal cord stops in this region of the spine while the meninges continue.
What is the lumbar region?
These cells line ventricles and produce CSF
What are ependymal cells?
This word root + combining form means spinal cord
What is myel/o?
The number of pairs of cervical nerves
What is 8?