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Nervous System
The Ear
Nose & Tongue
Lymph System
Diseases
100
The nervous system is made of these 2 main structures
What is brain and spinal cord
100
Outer portion of the ear
What is pinna or auricle?
100
These contain taste buds
What is papillae
100
watery, thin fluid composed of water, digested nutrients, salts, hormones, oxygen, carbon dioxide
What is lymph?
100
mental acuity is not affected, cause is unknown, fatal within 406 years
What is ALS (amyotrophic lateral sclerosis) Lou Gehrig's Dz
200
carry messages to all parts of the body
What are nerves?
200
number of bones in the middle ear, they transmit sound to inner ear
What is 3
200
These are located in the upper part of the nasal cavity
What are olfactory receptors?
200
Organ located on left side of upper abdomen, destroys old erythrocytes, produces antibodies
What is the spleen?
200
inflammation of the meninges, caused by bacteria, virus or fungus, may be treated with antibiotics
What is memingitis?
300
The spinal cord begins and ends here
What is base of the skull to the 2nd lumbar verterbrae
300
located in inner ear, contain fluid, responsible for balance and equilibrium
What are semicircular canals?
300
The number of different smells the nose can detect.
What are 6,000?
300
Glands located all over the body, usually in groups, small rounded masses that filter lymph and impurities
What lymph nopdes?
300
caused by herpes zoster, acute inflammation or nerve cells, may cause chicken pox, vesicles may appear on the skin
What is shingles?
400
clear, watery fluid that acts as a shock absorber
What is cerebrospinal fluid
400
Number of bones in middle ear, responsible for transmitting sound to inner ear
What is 3
400
The four main tastes the tongue can detect
What is salty, bitter, sweet and sour
400
Inflammation on the tonsils, how many pairs are there
What is tonsillitis and 3 pairs.
400
inflammation of the external auditory canal, caused by bacteria or virus, swimming in infected water, using q-tips may also cause condition
What is otitis externa?
500
3 layers of the meninges from inside out
What is pia mater, arachnoid membrane and dura mater
500
Damage to this is permanent, cannot be corrected, cochlear implant may assist with severe hearing loss
What is auditory nerve?
500
The 4 things the skin can sense
What is pressure, heat, cold and pain
500
Mass of lymph tissue located in center of upper chest, atrophies after puberty
What is thymus?
500
Malignant disease of lymph nodes, most common form is lymphoma, chemotherapy and radiation are forms of treatment
What is Hodgkin's disease.