CNS Development
What does the abbreviation CNS stand for?
Central Nervous System (pg7)
The basic functional unit inthe central nervous system.
What is the nerve cell?(Page 152)
Regulates sensorimotor and higher functions such as cognition and language.
What is a neuron?
ppt neuronal structure & function pg 3
What type of tumors arise elsewhere in the body and spread to the brain from the area outside the brain?
Metastatic Tumors Pg 168
A degenerative disease of the aging brain associated with dementia
What is Alzheimers?
Textbook Page 93
What is the CNS responsible for?
Incoming and outgoing information as well as generating appropriate responses to received information. (pg7)
Multilayered lipid materialthat insulates and protectsthe nerve fiber.
What is the myelin sheath?(Page 154)
A _____ cell drives the power of the mind by regulating higher mental (attention, problem- solving, memory, thinking, reasoning, calculation, and language) and sensorimotor activities.
What is a nerve?
book (Batnager, S., p. 152)
What type of tumors arise from the glia or meninges within the central nervous system?
Primary Tumors pg. 168
Degenerative motor disease of the brain characterized by tremor, slow movement, reduced muscle strength, and dysarthria
What is Parkinsons
textbook page 27
T/F: Can two parts in the peripheral body directly communicate with each other, regardless of the distance between them?
False (pg7)
This piece aligns with thesynaptic cleft and releasessynaptic vesicles.
What is the terminal bouton? (Page 153)
____ ___ support and protect nerve cells and are important in tissue repair.
What is neuroglial cells?
book (Batnager, S., p. 173)
There are two types of benign tumors that are located at the cerebellopontine angle. What are they?
Acoustic neuroma and vestibular Schwannoma pg. 169
A neuromuscular junction disorder that is characterized by progressive fatigue and muscle weakness that worsens with physical excersise and improves with rest
What is myastheina gravis?
Textbook page 387
T/F: Is the outgoing motor response always different from the incoming sensory information?
True (pg7)
Gaps within the neuron's myelin sheath.
What are the Nodes of Ranvier? (Page 154)
____ is afferent and transmits information to the cell body from other cells via synaptic sites.
What is a dendrite?
book (Batnager, S., p. 154)
Vestibular Schwannoma tumors are often located at the cerebellopontine angle. Do you think it is benign or not?
It is a benign tumor!
pg. 169
A disease that involves the body's own immune system attacking the axons and their coverings in the PNS
What is Guillain- Barre syndrome?
Textbook page 27
T/F: Do two adjacent body parts like the thumb and palm meditate through CNS?
True (pg 7)
This part of the neuronreleases neurotransmittersinto the synaptic cleft.
What is the presynaptic (oraxon) terminal? (Page 154)
___ are efferent structures that transmit information away from the cell body to other neurons or target organs.
What is an axon?
book (Batnager, S., p. 154)
Astrocytoma arises from undifferentiated astrocytes. Glioblastoma multiform grows rapidly and invades extensively and is most frequent in the brains of adults. Do you think it is a malignant or not?
It is the MOST malignant brain tumor.
pg. 169
___ diseases of the brain are the most frequent cause of neurological deficits and communicative disorders in adults
What are vascular diseases?
Textbook page 445