Overview of Nervous System (M.T)

Fight or Flight

Sympathetic

How many types of cell are in the Nervous System

2

which neuroglia cells act as immune cells?

Microglia

What is the gap between Schwann cells called?

Nodes of Ranvier

If you damage your brainstem, you will only have difficulties with speech & muscular functions
True or False

False

How many levels of reflexes do you have in your brain?

3

A/An __________ transmits impulses away from the cell body & A/ an transmits impulses the cell body.

axon; dendrite

Which saying is the Mnemonic used to remember the cranial nerves?

On Old Olympus' Towering Top, A Finn and German Viewed Some Hops

Which polarity of neurons is the rarest & found in the retina of the eye?

bipolar

Neurons can reproduce & regenerate themselves
True or False?

False

Which division of the Nervous system consists of the brain & spinal cord?

Central Nervous System

Where is Cerebrospinal Fluid located?

Ventricles

The ________ is where the thalamus & hypothalamus are located

diencephalon

Which membranous covering in the brain is known as the "tough mother"?

Dura Mater

The brainstem consists of the pons, the midbrain, & the medulla oblongata
True or Fasle?

True

Neurons have NO nucleus
True or False

False

How many pair of cranial nerves are there?

12

Cerebr/o

cerebrum (brain)

dur/o

dura mater (hard, tough)

encephal/o

brain

cephal/o

head

myel/o

myelin

neur/o

nerve

radic/o

nerve root

psych/o

mind

ment/o

mind

-paresis

paralysis

-plegia

stroke, paralysis

gangli/o

swelling

mening/o

meninges (membrane)

ethesi/o

sensation

phas/o

speech

poli/o

gray matter

scler/o

hard