Nervous System Disorders
Damage to brain tissue from trauma
What is a head injury?
the exchange of O2 and CO2
What is respiration (breathing)?
A passageway for food and air
What is the pharynx (throat)?
The brain serves as the main ________ and the spinal nerves act as ________.
What is the computer and cables?
Infection of the air spaces in the skull
What is sinusitis?
A recurring, intense headache often with nausea and sensitivity to light
What is a migraine?
Nose, pharynx, larynx, trachea, bronchi
What are the structures of the airway?
These carry impulses toward the brain and spinal cord.
What are senory neurons?
The central nervous system (CNS) consists of:
What is the brain and spinal cord?
Infection causing fluid in the lungs
What is pneumonia?
Recurrent seizures caused by abnormal brain activity
What is epilepsy?
the place where the exchanging oxygen and carbon dioxide occur
Where are the lungs?
This is also known as the voice box.
What is the larynx?
The peripheral nervous system (PNS) consists of:
What are the nerves outside the CNS?
Abnormal cells grow uncontrollably in the lungs
What is lung cancer?
A progressive brain disorder that causes memory loss and cognitive decline
What is Alzheimer disease?
the muscle involved in breathing
These carry impulses away from the brain and spinal cord.
What are motor neurons?
The autonomic nervous system controls:
What are involuntary actions?
A bacterial infection in the lungs
What is TB (tuberculosis)?
Blood supply to part of the brain is interrupted or blocked
What is a A cerebrovascular accident (CVA), also known as a stroke?
The two main functions of respiration are delivering oxygen to cells and _____________________.
What is removing carbon dioxide?
These carry impulses between neurons.
What are associative neurons or interneurons?
The somatic nervous system controls:
What are voluntary actions?
Infection and swelling of the tonsils
What is tonsillitis?