The Central Nervous System
The Peripheral Nervous System
The Autonomic Nervous System
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What type of doctor treats problems with the Nervous System?
Neurologist
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Which component of the nervous system is sort of like a highway?
The spinal cord
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What is a mass of nerve tissue, outside the central nervous system
Ganglia
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true or false? the nervous system works with the muscular system.
true
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What are the main components of the Nervous System?
The Brain, the Spinal Cord, and the Neurons
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What is a process of disease that makes you fall below the normal mental or physical rate?
Parkinson's Disease
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What does the brain do with the impulses it receives from the spinal cord and 12 pairs of cranial nerves?
It decides what type of reaction you should have.
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what is a reflex?
Noting or pertaining to an involuntary response to a stimulus
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true or false? neurologists have very short hours, that usually do not vary.
false
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What are the building blocks of the nervous system?
Neurons
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How many years of education do you need after high school to become a neurolgist?
Eight years.
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What is the key difference between a cell and a neuron?
Neurons are made to transmit messages throughout the body.
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What are Nerves that receive sensory stimuli
Sensory Nerve
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true or false? Bones and the blood-brain barrier protects the peripheral nervous system.
False
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Where are nerve impulses sent to the brain from?
The spinal cord, and 12 cranial nerves.
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What is the cure for Motor Neuron Disease?
There is no cure.
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What do receptors in the muscles communicate with the brain?
Information about body position and movement.
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what is an axon
The appendage of the neuron that transmits impulses away from the cell body
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true or false? Sensory impulses from the blood vessels, the heart and all of the organs in the chest, abdomen and pelvis through nerves to other parts of the brain are conveyed by the Autonomic Nervous System.
True
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How many pairs of spinal nerves are on the spinal cord?
31 pairs
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What is Cerebal Palsy?
A movement disorder, which results from damage to the brain, either before, during or directly after birth.
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What muscles in the digestive system does the brain control?
All of the muscles involoved in eating and drinking.
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What is the synapse?
A region where impulses are transmitted and received
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true or false? Sensory information from the autonomic nervous system and motor information from the brain are conducted by the spinal cord.