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| The sheath around some neuron fibers that aids in regeneration(healing) |
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| A nerve containing both afferent and efferent fibers |
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| A nerve containing only afferent fibers |
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| a nerve containing only efferent fibers |
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| The voluntary nervous system controls |
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| Fibers that carry impulses toward the neuron cell body are called |
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| fibers tha carry impulses away from the neuron coll body are called |
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| A ______ is a bundle of neuron fibers within the central nervous system |
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| A _______ is a bunch of neuron cell bodies in the PNS |
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| A ______ is a bundle of neurons fibers within the central nervous system |
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| A ______ is a bunch of neuron cell bodies within the central nervous system |
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| The (spider) web-like middle meningeal layer |
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| The inner meningeal layer containing pain nerve endings and blood vessels |
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| The tough, outer meningeal layer |
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| an elevated portion of the cerebral cortex |
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| a shallow groove in the surface of the cerebral cortex |
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| a deep groove in the cerebral cortex |
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| The largest part of the brain |
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| The part of the brain with a name meaning "little Brain" |
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| The region of the diencephalon that acts as a relay center for sensory stimuli |
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| The region of the diencephalon that helps maintain homeostasis |
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| The region of the diencephalon that deals with emotions |
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| The nerve (name and number) that carries nisual impulses from the eye to the brain |
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| The lobe of the brain that interprets vision |
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| The nerve that carries hearing and balance to the brain |
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| The lobe of the brain that interprets hearing |
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| Impulses for the sense of taste travel to the |
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| Impulses for the olfactory sense travels to the ____ lobe |
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| A vision receptor that is sensitive to color ( and requires more light) |
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| A vision receptor that is sensitive to dim light and only detects black and white |
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| The watery fluid that fills much of the eyeball in front of the crystalline lens |
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| The thick fluid that fills much of the eyeball behind the crystalline lens |
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| The scientific name for the tear gland |
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| The scientific name for the tear duct from the eye to the nose |
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| The scientific name for the corner of the eye (inner and outer) |
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| Another name for the projecting part, or auricle, of the ear (holds my hat up) |
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| The branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve that carries hearing impulse |
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| The branch of the vestibulocochlear nerve that carries balance impulses |
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| Alterations in the lens shape to allow for near or far vision is called |
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| The iris is a/an _____ muscle of the eye |
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| The ciliary body is a _____ muscle of the eye |
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| There are 6 _____ muscles of the eye |
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| The endocrine gland composed of cortex and medulla, each with specific functions |
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| The gland in the neck whose hormone increases the metabolic rate |
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| The 4 small endocrine glands in the nexk which control calcium levels in the blood |
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| The main hormone ofthe adrenal gland that raises blood pressure and increases the heart rate |
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| A gland that produces the hormone that lowers blood glucose level (makes cells permable to glucose) |
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| The endocrine gland that controls many othere endocrine glands using tropic hormones |
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| The small gland posterior to the thalamus, which helps control sleep |
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| The endocrine gland in the chest playing a vital role inthe immune system |
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| The portion of the pregnant uterus that secretes hormones |
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| The building blocks of growth hormones are |
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| ______ porduces estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone in women |
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| ______ porduces estrogen, testosterone, and progesterone in men |
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| How does insulin affect the cell membrane |
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| Makes it permiable to glucose |
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| How doest insulin affect blood sugar |
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| Diabetes insipidus results in too much ______ production |
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| Diabetes insipidus is the result of too little _____ hormone production |
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| The system that reverses the fight-flight-freeze response |
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| The system that starts the fight-flight-freeze response |
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| The portion of the cerebral cortex where the sense of touch is interpreted |
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| The scientific name for nearsightedness |
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| The scientific name for farsightedness |
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| The visual defect caused by irregularity in the curvature of the lens or cornea |
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| A nerve cell fiber that carries impulses away fro mthe cell body |
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| The structural division of the nervous system that includes the brain |
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| The fatty material that covvers some axons in the called |
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| Dilation of the bronchial tubes is increased by the part of the autonomic nervous system called |
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| The hormone that dilates the bronchial tubes is |
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| The spinal nerves are part of the ___ nervous system |
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| Cranial nerves are part of the ______ nervous system |
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| an individual subdivison of the cerebrum that regulates specific functions |
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| Damage to the brain tissue caused by the blood clot, reptured vessel, or embolism |
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| Bleeding between the dura mater and the shull |
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| Bleeding between the dura mater and the brain |
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| The scientific name for the disorder in which light rays are not bent sharply enough to focus on the retina when viewing close objects |
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| The innermost coat of the eye, the nervous tissue layer that includes the creceptors for the sense of vision |
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| The middle coat of the eye |
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| The outermost coat of the eye |
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| THe structure that alters the shape of the lens for accommodation |
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| The structure that alters the size of the pupil |
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| The jelly-like material located behind the crystalline lens that maintains the spherical shape of the eyeball |
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| The nerve that carries visual impulses from the retina to the brain |
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| One of the tiny glands located behind the thyroid gland |
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| A hormone that lowers the blood glucose level |
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| a disease in which insulin functions is abnormally low |
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| The cell organelle that builds growth hormone |
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| Diabetes insipidus results from a deficiency of |
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| Polyuria and polydipsia are common symptoms of both _____ and ______ |
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| diabetes Mellitus and Diabetes insipidus |
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| Which hormone secreted from the posterior pituitary that is involved in water balance |
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| The structural division of the nervous system that includes the nerves and ganglia |
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| A collection of neuron cell bodies located outside the CNS |
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| The tough outter meningeal layer is the |
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| The inner meningeal layer containg pain receptors and blood vessels is the |
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| An individual subdivision of the cerebrum that regulates specific functions |
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| A vision receptor that is not sensitive to color |
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| A vision receptor that is sensative to color |
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| One of the glands located above the kidneys |
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| The endocrine gland composed of a cortex and medulla, each with a specific function |
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| A hormone that lowers the blood glucose level |
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| What kind of physical energy is the eye detecting? |
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| Why do we have both rods and cones |
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| Depth perception and color |
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| What is the advantage of having rods |
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| What is the scientific name for focusing |
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| What is the bending of light called? |
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| what is the scientific name for the farsighted? |
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| What is the scientific name for nearsightedness? |
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| What is the name of the disorder where the cornea has anirregular surface? |
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| Which eye humor is irreplaceable |
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| Which eye humor is involved with glaucoma? |
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| What is the shape of the lens when looking at something near |
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| What is the shape ofthe lense when looking at something far? |
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| A contact lens rests on the _____ |
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| How many extrinsic eye muscles are there |
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| How many intrinsic eye muscles are there |
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| What substance fills the outer ear |
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| What substance fills the middle ear |
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| what substance fills the inner ear |
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| What is the disorder called when the middle ear is inflamed? |
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| What symptoms may a patient have if the inner ear is inflamed? |
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| Exposure to what will cause permanent hearing loss? |
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| Which cranial nerve carries both the senses of hearing and equilibrium to the brain? |
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