Anatomy & Physiology for Health Professions
1. Brain and spinal cord: Central Nervous System (CNS)
2. Everything outside of the brain and spinal cord; represents the input and output pathways: Peripheral Nervous System
(PNS)
3. The nervous system's "input devices" comprise the____ ____.: sensory system
4. Your senses sample the environment and bring info to the ____ ____.: nervous system
5. The sensory info goes into the nervous system, where it is interpreted by the ____ and ____ ____.: brain and spinal cord
6. The output side, called the ____ system, carries orders to all 3 types of muscles and to the body's glands, telling them how to
respond to new info.: motor 7. The motor system is divided into 2 different branches: somatic nervous system and the
autonomic nervous system
8. The ____ nervous system controls skeletal muscle and usually voluntary movements: somatic
9. The ____ nervous system controls smooth and cardiac muscle in your organs and also several glands: autonomic
10. ____ output is involuntary and not under conscious control.: autonomic 11. The autonomic nervous system is divided
into two branches: parasympathetic and sympathetic
12. ____ branch called " resting and digesting", controls normal body functioning: parasympathetic
13. ____ branch is the body's alert system, commonly known as "fight or flight" response system.: Sympathetic
14. The ____ ____ contains no epithelium, connective tissue, or muscle tissue.: nervous system
15. Nervous tissue is made up of 2 types of cell: neuroglia (glia) and neuons 16. ____ or ____ cells are specialized cells in
the nervous tissue that allow it to perform nervous system functions.: Neuroglia or glial
17. ___ are like the "glue" that holds the nervous system together.: neurglia or glial
18. In the CNS, there are 4 types of glial cells: Astrocytes, microglia, ependymal cells and oligodendrocytes
19. ____ are metabolic and structural support cells: Astrocytes
20. ____ cells remove debris: Microglia
21. ____ cells do the job of epithelial cells, covering surfaces and lining cavities.: Ependymal
22. ____ make lipid insulation or myelin: Oligodendgrocytes
23 There are 2 types of glial cells: Schwann cells and satelite cells
24 ____ cells make myelin for the PNS.: Schwann
25. ____ cells are support cells in the PNS: satelite
26. ____ cells do all the support in the NS, such as lining and covering cavities and supporting and protecting structures.: glial
27. All the control functions of the NS must be carried out by a second group of cells called ____: neurons
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28. ____ are bizarre looking cells, often with many branches and what appears to be a tail.: neurons
29. The neuron's ____ main function is that of cell metabolism.: body
30. ____ receive info from the environment or from other cells: dendrites
31. The ____ ____ generates and sends signals to other cells: cell body
32. Signals leave the cell body and travel down the ____ until it reaches the
____ ____, which then connects to a receiving cell: axon; axon terminal 33. The combination of axon terminal and
receiving cell is called a ____.: synapse
34. Neuron can be classified by how the look (____) or what they do (____): structure; function
35. Neurons that have one axon and one dendrite are____: bipolar
36. Neurons that have one axon and many dendrites are ____.: multipolar
37. One process that splits into a central and a peripheral projection is____.: unipolar
38. Classified by function, input neurons are known as____ ____ and output neurons are known as ____ ____: sensory
neurons; motor neurons
39. Neurons that carry info between neurons are called____.: interneurons or association neurons
40. A neuron is a kind of cell called an ____ cell: excitable
41. ____ is just the movement of charges from one place to the other.: Electricity
42. A cell that is not stimulated or excited is called a ____ cell and is said to be ____.: resting; polarized
43. The difference in charge across a cell membrane, that it is more negative on the inside than on the outside is called ____
____: membrane potential
44. When a cell is stimulated, its ____ gates spring open and allow ____ ions to travel across the cell membrane: sodium;
sodium (Na)
45. A cell that is more positive than at rest is called _____: depolarization
46. When the sodium channels shut, the ____ channels open.: potassium (K) 47. When a cell becomes more negative and
eventually returns to resting it is called ____.: repolarization
48 When a cell negative than WHEN its in rest it is called____.: hyperpolarized 49 The time period in which a cell is unable to
accept another stimulus is called the _____ period: refractory
50. The series of permeability changes within the cell and the resultant changes of the internal and external charges is called the
____ potential: action 51. In ____ potential , the size of the stimulus determines the excitement of the cell: local
52. ____ or ____ means that the action potential, once it starts, will always finish and will always be the same size.: all or none
53. When action potential travels down the axon from the cell body to the terminal is called ____ conduction: impulse
54. ____ matter is typically maed of myelinated axons: white
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1. Brain and spinal cord: Central Nervous System (CNS)
2. Everything outside of the brain and spinal cord; represents the input and output pathways: Peripheral Nervous System
(PNS)
3. The nervous system's "input devices" comprise the____ ____.: sensory system
4. Your senses sample the environment and bring info to the ____ ____.: nervous system
5. The sensory info goes into the nervous system, where it is interpreted by the ____ and ____ ____.: brain and spinal cord
6. The output side, called the ____ system, carries orders to all 3 types of muscles and to the body's glands, telling them how to
respond to new info.: motor 7. The motor system is divided into 2 different branches: somatic nervous system and the
autonomic nervous system
8. The ____ nervous system controls skeletal muscle and usually voluntary movements: somatic
9. The ____ nervous system controls smooth and cardiac muscle in your organs and also several glands: autonomic
10. ____ output is involuntary and not under conscious control.: autonomic 11. The autonomic nervous system is divided
into two branches: parasympathetic and sympathetic
12. ____ branch called " resting and digesting", controls normal body functioning: parasympathetic
13. ____ branch is the body's alert system, commonly known as "fight or flight" response system.: Sympathetic
14. The ____ ____ contains no epithelium, connective tissue, or muscle tissue.: nervous system
15. Nervous tissue is made up of 2 types of cell: neuroglia (glia) and neuons 16. ____ or ____ cells are specialized cells in
the nervous tissue that allow it to perform nervous system functions.: Neuroglia or glial
17. ___ are like the "glue" that holds the nervous system together.: neurglia or glial
18. In the CNS, there are 4 types of glial cells: Astrocytes, microglia, ependymal cells and oligodendrocytes
19. ____ are metabolic and structural support cells: Astrocytes
20. ____ cells remove debris: Microglia
21. ____ cells do the job of epithelial cells, covering surfaces and lining cavities.: Ependymal
22. ____ make lipid insulation or myelin: Oligodendgrocytes
23 There are 2 types of glial cells: Schwann cells and satelite cells
24 ____ cells make myelin for the PNS.: Schwann
25. ____ cells are support cells in the PNS: satelite
26. ____ cells do all the support in the NS, such as lining and covering cavities and supporting and protecting structures.: glial
27. All the control functions of the NS must be carried out by a second group of cells called ____: neurons
.
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28. ____ are bizarre looking cells, often with many branches and what appears to be a tail.: neurons
29. The neuron's ____ main function is that of cell metabolism.: body
30. ____ receive info from the environment or from other cells: dendrites
31. The ____ ____ generates and sends signals to other cells: cell body
32. Signals leave the cell body and travel down the ____ until it reaches the
____ ____, which then connects to a receiving cell: axon; axon terminal 33. The combination of axon terminal and
receiving cell is called a ____.: synapse
34. Neuron can be classified by how the look (____) or what they do (____): structure; function
35. Neurons that have one axon and one dendrite are____: bipolar
36. Neurons that have one axon and many dendrites are ____.: multipolar
37. One process that splits into a central and a peripheral projection is____.: unipolar
38. Classified by function, input neurons are known as____ ____ and output neurons are known as ____ ____: sensory
neurons; motor neurons
39. Neurons that carry info between neurons are called____.: interneurons or association neurons
40. A neuron is a kind of cell called an ____ cell: excitable
41. ____ is just the movement of charges from one place to the other.: Electricity
42. A cell that is not stimulated or excited is called a ____ cell and is said to be ____.: resting; polarized
43. The difference in charge across a cell membrane, that it is more negative on the inside than on the outside is called ____
____: membrane potential
44. When a cell is stimulated, its ____ gates spring open and allow ____ ions to travel across the cell membrane: sodium;
sodium (Na)
45. A cell that is more positive than at rest is called _____: depolarization
46. When the sodium channels shut, the ____ channels open.: potassium (K) 47. When a cell becomes more negative and
eventually returns to resting it is called ____.: repolarization
48 When a cell negative than WHEN its in rest it is called____.: hyperpolarized 49 The time period in which a cell is unable to
accept another stimulus is called the _____ period: refractory
50. The series of permeability changes within the cell and the resultant changes of the internal and external charges is called the
____ potential: action 51. In ____ potential , the size of the stimulus determines the excitement of the cell: local
52. ____ or ____ means that the action potential, once it starts, will always finish and will always be the same size.: all or none
53. When action potential travels down the axon from the cell body to the terminal is called ____ conduction: impulse
54. ____ matter is typically maed of myelinated axons: white
.
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