CENTRAL NEURO SYSTEM VOCAB medsurg nursing

Adrenergic receptors - the receptors on target cells that are split into alpha and beta afferent neurons - Detect the sensory stimuli from receptors such as sensory nerve endings, and transmit them to the CNS alpha receptors - have an excitatory effect, produces vasoconstriction that will elevate the blood pressure aqueduct of sylvius - in the ventricular system, and connects the 3rd and 4th ventricles arachnoid membrane - the second and very thin layer of the meninges that has a spider-web appearance autonomous nervous system (ANS) - is further divided into the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems axon - a process that extends away from the cell body, carrying impulses to another neuron, muscle cell, or organ cell. babinski sign - the plantar reflex that is noted to have an u