Abbreviations
CNS stands for...
Central Nervous System
CNS includes...
Brain & spinal cord
Languge is primarily processed in the ______ side of the brain
Left
Abduction is...
moving away from the body
Aphasia
loss of speech/language
PNS stands for...
peripheral nervous system
Four divisions of the spinal cord...
What is hemiplegia?
Paralysis on one side of the body
What does this combining form mean?
my/o
muscle
Neuralgia
Nerve pain
SNS stands for...
somatic nervous system: conscious perception and voluntary motor responses
The autonomic nervous system includes the sympathetic nervous system and the parasympathetic nervous system. What's the difference?
Name one example of a neurodegenerative disease
Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease, Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), Multiple sclerosis (MS), Huntington’s disease
Posterior and anterior are also referred to as...
Dorsal & Ventral
Hyperesthesia
excessive feeling/sensation
ANS stands for...
Autonomic nervous system: involuntary control of the body, usually for the sake of homeostasis (regulation of the internal environment)
PNS includes
all of the nerves in the body that communicate with the brain and spinal cord
What is neuropathy?
a nerve problem that causes pain, numbness, tingling, swelling, or muscle weakness in different parts of the body
What is the cauda equina?
bundle of spinal nerve roots that descend from the lower spinal cord below the first lumbar vertebra and lie within the vertebral cavity; has the appearance of a horse's tail
A concussion is a type of...
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
CVA stands for...
cerebrovascular accident aka stroke
Three major purposes and functions of the nervous system
- sensory input
- integration
- output/response
A bedsore is AKA...
a decubitus ulcer
What is sensory integration?
Process of processing sensory input, and other cognitive functions such as memory and emotion, and deciding what should be done about it/the output
_____ condition can result from the demyelination of axons. This is an autoimmune disesase that causes inflammation and the destruction of the myelin in the central nervous system.
Multiple Scelrosis