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What are the primary structures of the central nervous system?
The spinal cord, brains, and nerves.
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What is the primary function of the brain stem?
Controls heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure.
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What is hyperesthesia?
Abnormally heightened sense of feeling, sense of pain, or sensitivity to touch.
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What is poli/o?
The combining form meaning grey matter?
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What are dopaminergic drugs? (Sinemet or Larodopa)
1. A group of medications to treat Parkinson’s disease by replacing dopamine.
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What does nervous tissue consists of?
Neuroglial cells and neurons.
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What is a synapse?
The point at which an axon of one neuron meet the dendrite.
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What is a tonic-clonic seizure?
Type of severe epileptic seizure characterized by a less of consciousness and convulsions also called a “Grand mal seizure."
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What is medullary?
The anatomical term referring to the medulla oblongata.
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What is a hypnotic? (Seconal, Restoril)
A type of drug that promotes sleep.
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What are the four sections of the brain?
Cerebrum, cerebellum, diencephalon, brain stem.
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What is the cerebellum?
This part of the brain aids in coordinating voluntary body movement and maintaining balance and equilibrium.
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What is encephalitis?
Inflammation of the brain
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What is clon/o?
The combining form meaning rapid contracting and relaxing.
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What is a sedative? (amobarbital, Amytal, Butisol)
A drug that has a calming, relaxing effect.
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What is the composition of the spinal cord?
Ascending tracts, central canal, descending tracts, spinal cavity, vertebral canal and vertebral column make up this.
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What is the function of the spinal cord?
Provides a pathway for impulses traveling to and from the brain.
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What is radiculitis?
Inflammation of a nerve root.
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What is encephal/o?
The combining form meaning brain.
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What is a tractotomy?
This procedure is used to treat intractable pain or muscle spasms.
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What are the dura mater, arachnoid layer, and pia mater?
The minengeal layers from the outside in.
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What do ascending and descending tracts do?
These two tracts carry sensory information up to the brain and carry motor commands down from the brain to a peripheral nerve.
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What is a transient ischemic attack? (TIA)
A temporary interference with a blood supply to the brain, causing neurological symptoms.
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What is Neuroglial?
The anatomical term meaning pertaining to the support cells, glial cells, of nerves. (HINT: "pertaining to nerve glue")
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What is a carotid endarterectomy?
A procedure developed to prevent strokes and is also useful for severe stenosis with transient ischemic attack.
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