Chp 9 Nervous System Exam Med Term

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Last name

The term neur/o means nerve

• True
• False

the sensory and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system to the rest of the body

• Central
• Peripheral

shaking; rhythmic muscular movement

• seizure
• tremor
• fracture

The central nervous system consists of the

• brain and spinal cord
• cerebrum and cerebellum
• meninges and dura matter

The number of cranial nerves

• 12 pairs
• 26 nerves
• 30 pairs

Loss of consciousness or fainting

• seizure
• syncope
• dizziness

Branchlike parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive information.

• cell body
• axon
• dendrites
• terminal

the junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron

• junction
• synapse
• terminal
• dendrite