Neur/o correct answers root - nerve
-glia correct answers suffix - glue
ganglion correct answers root - group of cell bodies
neuron correct answers root - nerve cells
transmit correct answers root - send across
break down the word "neurotransmitter" correct answers neuro = nerve
transmit = send across
nerve cell sent across synaptic cleft
dura correct answers root - hard
arach/o correct answers root - spider
-oid correct answers suffix - resembles
breakdown the word "arachnoid" correct answers arach = spider
oid = resembles
resembles a spider
What are the layers of meninges? correct answers dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater
peri- correct answers prefix - around
pherin correct answers root - to carry
How many spinal nerves are there? correct answers 31
How many cranial nerves are there? correct answers 12
soma correct answers root - body
hemi- correct answers prefix - half
-paresis correct answers suffix - partial paralysis
-plegia correct answers suffix - paralysis
,breakdown the word "hemiparesis" correct answers hemi = half
paresis = partial paralysis
half paralyzed
a- correct answers prefix - without
-phasia correct answers suffix - speech
astr/o correct answers root - star shaped
-oma correct answers suffix - tumor
mening/o correct answers root - meninges
schiz/o correct answers root - split
phren correct answers root - mind
-ia correct answers suffix - condition of
breakdown the word "schizophrenia" correct answers schizo = split
phren = mind
ia = condition of
condition of a split mind
two major divisions of the nervous system correct answers central nervous system and peripheral
nervous system
What's in the central nervous system? correct answers brain and spinal cord
What's the peripheral nervous system? correct answers somatic and autonomic
What is the somatic nervous system? correct answers Conscious actions
the division of the peripheral nervous system that controls the body's skeletal muscles including
*cranial nerves and spinal nerves*
What is the autonomic nervous system? correct answers the part of the nervous system
responsible for control of the bodily functions not consciously directed, such as breathing, the
heartbeat, and digestive processes.
What does the autonomic nervous system break into? correct answers Sympathetic &
parasympathetic
, What is the sympathetic nervous system? correct answers the division of the autonomic nervous
system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations
*fight or flight*
What is the parasympathetic nervous system? correct answers the division of the autonomic
nervous system that calms the body, conserving its energy
*rest and digest*
Brain and spinal cord are protected by membranes called ________ correct answers meninges
What is the dura mater? correct answers the tough outermost membrane enveloping the brain and
spinal cord.
What is the arachnoid mater? correct answers web-like middle layer
What is the pia mater? correct answers soft inner layer
What is in the diencephalon region? (2) correct answers thalamus & hypothalamus
What is in the brain stem region? (3) correct answers midbrain (mesencephalon), pons, medulla
oblongata
breakdown the word "peripheral" correct answers peri = around
pherin = to carry
to carry around/connected to a major part
What are disorders of the nervous system? correct answers trauma
vascular insults
tumors
systemic degenerative diseases
seizures
behavioral disorders
What are examples of trauma? correct answers concussion
subdural hematoma
epidural hematoma
What are examples of vascular insults? correct answers cerebrovascular accident (CVA)
Transient ischemic attack (TIA)
aneurysm
What are 3 symptoms of vascular insults? correct answers hemiparesis, hemiplegia, aphasia
What is the name for a star shaped tumor?