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09/09/2014

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ASTROCYTE
Definition
STAR-SHAPED NEUROGLIA BETWEEN NEURONS AND BLOOD VESSELS
Term
AXON
Definition
NERVE FIBER ARISING FROM A SLIGHT ELEVATION OF THE CELL BODY THAT CONDUCTS AN IMPULSE AWAY FROM THE CELL BODY
Term
CHROMATOPHILIC SUBSTANCE (NISSL BODIES)
Definition
CORRESPONDS TO ROUGH ENDOPLASMIC RETICULUM IN OTHER CELLS
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COLLATERAL
Definition
BRANCH OF AN AXON
Term
DENDRITE
Definition
NEURON PROCESS WITH MANY BRANCHES THAT CONDUCTS AN IMPULSE TOWARD THE CELL BODY
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MYELIN SHEATH
Definition
SUBSTANCE OF SCHWANN CELL COMPOSED OF LIPOPROTEIN THAT INSULATES AXONS AND INCREASES IMPULSE SPEED.
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NEURILIMMA
Definition
SHEATH OF SCHWANN CELL CONTAINING CYTOPLASM AND NUCLEUS THAT ENCLOSES MYELIN
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NEUROFIBRILS
Definition
NETWORK OF FINE THREADS EXTENDING INTO NERVE FIBER
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INTERNEURON
Definition
TRANSMITS IMPULSE FROM SENSORY TO MOTOR NEURON WITHIN CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
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MOTOR (EFFERENT)NEURON
Definition
TRANSMITS IMPULSE OUT OF THE BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD TO EFFECTORS (MUSCLES AND GLANDS)
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SENSORY (AFFERENT) NEURON
Definition
TRANSMITS IMPULSE INTO BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD FROM RECEPTORS
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OLIGODENDROCYTE
Definition
MYELIN-FORMING NEUROGLIA IN BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
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MICROGLIA
Definition
PHAGOCYTIC NEUROGLIA
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EFFECTOR
Definition
STRUCTURE CAPABLE OF RESPONDING TO MOTOR IMPULSE
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GANGLION
Definition
SPECIALIZED MASS OF NEURON CELL BODIES OUTSIDE THE BRAIN OR SPINAL CORD
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EPENDYMAL CELL
Definition
CELLS THAT COVER THE INSIDE SPACES OF THE BRAIN VERTRICLES AND HELP REGULATE CEREBROSPINAL FLUID
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SPINAL NERVES
Definition
THE 31 PAIRS IN THE SPINAL CORD
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CERVICAL ENLARGEMENT
Definition
THE BULGE IN THE SPINAL CORD THAT GIVES OFF NERVES TO THE UPPER LIMBS
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LUMBAR ENLARGEMENT
Definition
THE BULGE IN THE SPINAL CORD THAT GIVES OFF NERVES TO THE LOWER LIMBS
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POSTERIOR MEDIUM SULCUS
Definition
A GROOVE THAT EXTENDS THE LENGHT OF THE SPINAL CORD POSTERIORLY
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POSTERIOR HORNS
Definition
THE GRAY MATTER RESEMBLING THE UPPER WINGS OF A BUTTERFLY IN A SPINAL CORD CROSS SECTION
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ANTERIOR HORNS
Definition
WHERE CELL BODIES OF MOTOR NEURONS ARE FOUND IN THE SPINAL CORD
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GRAY COMMISSURE
Definition
CONNECTS THE GRAY MATTER ON THE LEFT AND RIGHT SIDES OF THE SPINAL CORD
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CENTRAL CANAL
Definition
IN THE GRAY COMMISSURE OF THE SPINAL CORD CONTAINS CEREBROSPINAL FLUID AND IS CONTINOUS WITH THE VENTRICLES OF THE BRAIN
Term
FUNICULI
Definition
WHITE MATTER OF THE SPINAL CORD IS DIVIDED INT ANTERIOR, LATERAL, AND POSTERIOR
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NERVE TRACTS
Definition
THE LONGITUDINAL BUNDLES OF NERVE FIBERS WITHIN THE SPINAL CORD CONSTITUE MAJOR PATHWAYS
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NERVE PATHWAYS
Definition
ROUTES FOLLOWED BY NERVE IMPULSES AS THEY PASS THROUGH THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
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INTERNEURONS IN A WITHDRAWL REFLEX ARE LOCATED
Definition
IN THE CNS
Term
REFLEXES
Definition
AUTOMATIC SUBCONSCIOUS RESPONSES TO EXTERNAL OR INTERNAL STIMULI
Term
EFFECTORS OF A REFLEX ARC ARE
Definition
GLANDS AND MUSCLES
Term
A PATELLAR REFLEX EMPLOYS ONLY
Definition
SENSORY AND MOTOR NEURONS
Term
QUADRICEPS FEMORIS
Definition
THE EFFECTOR MUSCLE OF THE PATELLAR REFLEX
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QUADRICEPS FEMORIS MUSCLE
Definition
WHERE THE SENSORY STRETCH RECEPTORS (MUSCLE SPINDLES) FO THE PATELLAR REFLEX ARE LOCATED
Term
THE PATELLAR REFLEX HELPS THE BODY TO MAINTAIN
Definition
UPRIGHT POSTURE
Term
WHERE ARE THE SENSORY RECEPTORS OF A WITHDRAWL REFLEX LOCATED
Definition
SKIN
Term
WHAT ARE THE EFFECTORS OF A WITHDRAWLRELEX IN THE LIMBS
Definition
FLEXOR
Term
THE NORMAL PLANTAR REFLEX RESULTS IN
Definition
FLEXION OF THE TOES
Term
STROKING THE SOLE OF THE FOOT IN INFANTS RESULTS IN DORSIFLEXION AND TOES THAT SPREAD APART CALLED
Definition
THE BABINSKI REFLEX
Term
OPTIC CHAISAMA
Definition
STRUCTURE FORMED BY THE CROSSING OVER OF THE OPTIC NERVES
Term
HYPOTHATAMUS
Definition
PART OF DIENCEPHALON THAT FORMS LOWER WALLS AND FLOOR OF THIRD VENTRICLE
Term
PINEAL GLAND
Definition
CONE SHAPED GLAND ATTACHED TO UPPER POSTERIOR PORTION OF DIENCEPHALON
Term
CORPUS CALLOSUM
Definition
CONNECTS CEREBRAL HEMISPHERES
Term
GYRUS (CONDOLUTION)
Definition
RIDGE ON SURFACE OF CEREBRUM
Term
CENTRAL SULCUS
Definition
SEPARATES FRONTAL AND PARIETAL LOBES
Term
MIDBRAIN
Definition
PART OF BRAINSTEM BETWEEN DIENCEPHALONG AND PONS
Term
PONS
Definition
ROUNDED BULGE ON UNDERSIDE OF BRAINSTEM
Term
MEDULLA OBLONGATA
Definition
PART OF BRAINSTEM CONTINUOUS WITH THE SPINAL CORD
Term
FALX CEREBELI
Definition
LAYER OF DURA MATER THAT SEPARATES CEREBELLAR HEMISPHERES
Term
INSULA
Definition
CEREBRAL LOBE LOCATED DEEP WITHIN LATERAL SULCUS
Term
CEREBRAL CORTEX
Definition
THIN LAYER OF GRAY MATTER ON SURFACE OF CEREBRUM
Term
VAGUS
Definition
REGULATES HEART RATE
Term
VESTIBULOCOCHLEAR
Definition
EQUILIBRIUM AND HEARING
Term
TROCHLEAR
Definition
STIMULATES SUPERIOR OBLIQUE MUSCLES OF EYE
Term
TRIGEMINAL
Definition
SENSORY IMPULSES FROM TEETH AND FACE
Term
OCULOMOTOR
Definition
PUPIL CONSTRICTION AND EYELID OPENING
Term
OLFACTORY
Definition
SMELL
Term
SPINAL ACCESORY
Definition
CONTROLS NECK AND SHOULDER MOVEMENTS
Term
GLOSSOPHARYNGEAL
Definition
CONTROLS TONGULE MOVEMENTS
Term
OPTIC
Definition
VISION
Term
ABDUCENS
Definition
STIMULATES LATERAL RECTUS MUSCLE OF EYE
Term
FACIAL
Definition
TASTE, SALIVATION, AND SECRETION OF TEARS
Term
HYPOGLOSSAL
Definition
SWALLOWING
Term
NERVOUS SYSTEM BASIC FUNCTION
Definition
COMMUNICATE AND COORDINATE ACTIVITY
Term
WHAT DOES THE CNS CONSIST OF
Definition
BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
Term
WHAT IS THE WEIGHT OF THE HUMAN BRAIN?
Definition
6LBS
Term
MOTOR NEURONS ARE LARGE AND INNERVATE WHAT THAT CONTAINS A LARGE NUCLEUS
Definition
MUSCLES
Term
THE AXON ARISES FROM WHAT?
Definition
AXON HILLOCK
Term
WHAT DO THE SMALL EXTENSION CALLED DENDRITES DO?
Definition
TRANSMIT TO THE CELL BODY
Term
CELL BODIES OF A MOTOR NEURON ARE LOCATED WHERE?
Definition
IN THE GREY MATTER OF THE SPINAL CORD
Term
THE WHITE MATTER CONTAINS
Definition
SENSORY AXONS
Term
WHERE DOES MOTOR OUTPUT LEAVE THE SPINAL CORD
Definition
IN THE VENTRAL HORN
Term
WHERE DOES THE SENSORY INPUT ENTER THE SPINAL CORD?
Definition
SENSORY INPUT
Term
WHAT STRUCTURES WERE OBSERVED IN THE HISTOLOGICAL SAIN OF THE NOTOR NEURON
Definition
CELL BODIES, NUCLEOUS, ER
Term
HOW DO LYPOFUSION GRANULES OCCUR?
Definition
LYSOSONES BECOME FILLED WITH UNDIGESTABLE MATERIALS
Term
WHAT DOES THE EPINEURION DO?
Definition
SURROUNDS ENTIRE NERVE
Term
WHAT DOES THE PERINEURION DO?
Definition
SURROUNDS A BUNDLE
Term
WHAT DOES THE ENDONEURION DO?
Definition
SURROUNDS AN AXON WITHIN A BUNDLE
Term
THE BLACK DONUTS OBSERVED IN THE OSMIUM TETROXIDE PREPARATION WERE OF WHAT STRUCTURE
Definition
MYELEN AXION IN CROSS SECTION
Term
WHY DOES THE h AND e PREPARATIONS CAUSE MYELIN SHEATHS TO APPEAR PALE?
Definition
THE SOLVENTS EXTRACT FATS
Term
WHAT FEATURES ARE OBSERVED IN THE LONGITUDINAL SECTION OF THE PERIPHEAL NERVE
Definition
ENDONEURON, AXON, NODE OF RANVIER
Term
IN THE MUSCLE TISSUE SLIDE, THE AXON TERMINATES AT THE APPARENT SPOTTED?
Definition
MOTOR END PLATE.
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