Nervous System Basics
The control and message center of the body
What is the Nervous System?
A way to help with remembering
What is writing notes?
The age when people are at risk for developing vision problems
What is over 40?
The term for CVA/Stroke
What is cerebrovascular accident?
The five (5) sense organs
What are the eyes, ears, nose, skin, and tongue?
The two main parts of the Nervous System
What are the Central and Peripheral?
Memory that experiences a decrease
What is short-term memory?
Sign that occurs when speaking
A progressive, incurable disease that causes a section of the brain to degenerate (decline)
What is Parkinson's disease?
The part of the nervous system that includes sense organs
What is the central nervous system?
Composed of the brain and spinal cord
What is the Central Nervous System?
A change that occurs in the skin
What is sensitivity of nerve endings?
Changes in mental health
What is depression or mood changes?
What is Multiple Sclerosis?
Sense of taste, touch, and smell decrease
What is changes of aging in sense organs?
Composed of nerves that branch off the spinal cord and extend throughout the body
What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
A change in the ears and eyes
What is hearing and vision decrease?
What is tremors?
Head and spinal cord injuries cause these problems
What is Paraplegia and Quadriplegia?
The part of the ear that includes the cochlea
What is the inner ear?
Responsibility of the nervous system
What is sensing and interpreting information from outside the human body?
Loss of motor brain cells causes this problem
What is responses and reflexes slow?
Inappropriate or unprovoked emotional responses, including laughing, crying, and anger
What is emotional lability?
Trouble communicating thoughts through speech or writing
What is expressive aphasia?
Glaucoma causes damage to these parts of the eyes
What is the retina and optic nerve?