NS 1
Pain in the nerve(s)
What is neuralgia
The structures that make up the nervous system
What are the Brain, Spinal Cord, and Nerves
The parts of the central nervous system
What are the brain and spinal cord
The function Somatic Division of the Nervous System
What is Voluntary movement of the body
The part of the brain known as the sensory "traffic director."
What is Thalamus
cephal/o
head
Paralysis of one side of the body
What is hemiplegia
Acronym ANS
What is the autonomic nervous system
Acronym CNS
What is the 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 Autonomic nervous system
This part of the neuron is where the nucleus is found
What is the cell body
Houses the motor part of the brain
What is the Cerebral Cortex
spin/o
spine
Progressive disease that causes problems with balance and walking, along with many other symptoms.
What is Multiple Sclerosis
Two subdivisions of the Autonomic Nervous System and their functions
What is the Sympathetic "Fight or Flight" Parasympathetic Division- "rest and digest"
FOUR Functional parts of a neuron
What are the 1- cell body (soma) 2- dendrites 3- axon 4- myelin sheaths 5- axon terminals 6- nodes of Ranvier
What structure transmits signals from the sensory to the motor cortex and causes the necessary reaction from the messaging from the cortex
What is the spinal cord
The medical term for lack of speech
What is aphasia
The number of cranial nerves
What is 12
neur/o
nerve
Paralysis of the lower body and both legs
What is paraplegia
The part of the brain acts as a passageway between the brain and the spinal cord?
What is the brain stem
A neurotransmitter is released from this part of the Neuron
What are Axon Terminals
This disease causes uncontrolled motor movement
What is Parkinson's disease
The steps of transmission in a neuron
What are dendrites, cell body, axon, and terminals
The number of cranial nerves
What is 31
crani/o
skull
A neurological condition that causes involuntary movements and vocalization.
What is Tourette syndrome
An action potential travels along this structure until it reaches the axon terminal
What is an Axon
This 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
This divides the brain into right and left hemispheres
What is the longitudinal fissure
Subjective sensation that often occurs before a migraine or seizure
What is aura
alges/o
sense of pain
A recording of the electrical activity of the brain created using electrodes placed on the scalp.
What is an (EEG) electroencephalogram