Nervous System

What nerve pairs make up the peripheral nervous system?

What are the two subdivisions of the autonomic nervous system?

How many pairs of spinal nerves are there?

How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?

Efferent nerves are also known as...

Arachnoid mater

What produces the Cerebrospinal fluid?

Synapse

What does the axonal terminal do?

What does the dendrite do?

What is does the myelin sheath help with?

What does the axon do?

What is the difference between neurotransmitters and impulses?

Terminals__ information while dendrites __ information

What are other functions of the Cerebrospinal fluid?

What connects the two hemispheres of the brain?

What are the two main parts of the diencephalon?

What are the three main parts of the lower brain stem?

What are the three types of neurons?

What is the function of myelin?

Dura mater

Pia mater

Choroid plexus a.k.a

What is the biggest part of the brain?

Longitudinal fissures

Transverse fissure

Gyri

Sulci

What does the frontal lobe control?

What does the Broca's area control?

What is the parietal lobe in charge of?

What does the occipital lobe control?

What does the temporal lobe contain?

What is the Wernicke's area in charge of?

What does the hippocampus control?

What does the amygdala influence?

What does the Thalamus do?

What body system is the hypothalamus linked to?

What is the hypothalamus known as?

What does the cerebellum do?

What is the function of Pons

What is the midbrain in charge of?

What id the medulla oblongata the center for?

What is the major function of the spinal cord?

What do afferent nerves do?

What do efferent nerves do?

What is the sympathetic nervous system for?

What does the parasympathetic nervous system do?

What does the parasympathetic nervous system use as a neurotransmitter?

What type of fibers do the dorsal root contain?

What type of fibers do the ventral root contain?

What does the cervical plexus do?

Where does the brachial plexus give movement to?

To what area does the Lumbar plexus give movement to?

What area does the sacral plexus give movement to?

What is the largest nerve of the body?

What is the simplest type of nerve response?

Transient Ischemic Attack

Cerebrovascular accident

What are the two types of a cerebrovascular accident?

What is the difference between an ischemic and hemorrhagic cerebrovascular accident

Hemiparesis

Hemiplegia

Aphasia

Paraplegia

Quadriplegia

Melastic cancers

Meningitis

Encephalitis

Cerebral Palsy

Epilepsy

Grand mal seizure a.k.a

Absence or petit mal seizure

Post ictal state

Hydrocephalus

MS

Alzheimers disease

For alzheimers disease, what are the areas of degeneration called?

Neuritis

Sciatica

Bell's Palsy

Shingles

Carpal tunnel syndrome

Concussion

What connects the brain to the peripheral nervous system?

What are the two divisions of the PNS?

Systematic nervous system

Side of the brain responsible for logical thinking

What are the four main parts of the brain?

what connects the brain to the peripheral nervous system?

What nerve goes with the cervical plexus?

What is the cervical plexus in charge of?