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I got this
You are on my last nerve
Neurotransmitters are easy
Its going to my head
Tests make me happy
100
Pain associated with internal organs
What is visceral?
100
Directs impulses toward the cell body in a neuron
What are dendrites?
100
Natural morphine-like neurotransmitter that gives a euphoric feeling
What are endorphins?
100
Organ in the central nervous system that organizes and interprets sensory information
What is the cerebrum (brain)?
100
area of the brain associated with emotions, pleasure, fear and rage
What is the limbic system?
200
Visceral pain is associated with
What is internal organs?
200
Transmits impulses away from the cell body in a neuron
What is the axon?
200
Neurotransmitter secreted during "fight or flight" by the sympathetic nervous system
What is epinephrine?
200
Where the spinal cord is found
What is the vertebral cavity/spinal cavity/vertebral column?
200
one neuron and all the muscle fibers it innervates or stimulates
What is a motor unit?
300
Connective tissue that connects bone to bone
What are ligaments?
300
Protective, insulating "sheath" found along the axon
What is myelin or myelin sheath?
300
Neurotransmitter that responds when tissue is damaged and helps us perceive pain
What is substance p?
300
the part of the brainstem regulates heart rate and respiration
What is the medulla oblongata?
300
a bony landmark on the entire length of the spine found between the spinous processes and transverse processes
What is the lamina groove?
400
The "immovable" end of a muscle
What is the origin?
400
Produces the myelin sheath on an axon
What is a Schwann cell?
400
Where neurotransmitters are found
What is, at the end of the axon or axon terminal end?
400
the layers in the brain; superficial to deep
What is the dura mater, arachnoid and pia mater?
400
Neurotransmitter associated with sleep and moods
What is serotonin?
500
Protective response for the body
What is pain?
500
Gaps between the myelin that increases the rate of electrical impulses
What is nodes of Ranvier?
500
Neurotransmitter that stimulates muscle tissue
What is acetylcholine?
500
Acts like an elevator, transmitting impulses to and from the brain
What is the spinal cord?
500
Term for Nerve pain
What is neuralgia?