Test Review – Nervous system overview

Name: ______

Study ALL of your quizzes, notes, and diagrams!

Know your Diagrams:

·  Neuron Anatomy

·  Synaptic Cleft

·  Reflex Arc

·  Brain

List & describe the 3 functions of the NS

1.

2.

3.

Complete the chart by listing all the major characteristics of each

Neuron / Neuroglia

Complete the chart by listing a function or description for each structure

Structure / Function or description or facts
Cell body
Centrioles
Dendrites
Axons
Collaterals
Terminals
Vesicles
Neurotransmitter
Synaptic cleft
Synapse
Myelin sheath
Neurolemma
Node of Ranvier
Sensory neuron
Motor neuron
Interneuron/association neuron

Know your divisions of the NS and the 2 pieces of info with each one in your chart.

Define:

1.  Conductivity (chemical event) –

2.  Irritability (electrical event) –

3.  Be sure you can describe the 5 steps that happen in the chemical event at the synapse.

What 2 physical changes happen at the synapse as you learn?

Define reflex:

Differentiate between types of reflexes

Reflex / Define / Example
Autonomic
Somatic

Can CNS or PNS axons regenerate? Under what conditions? What type of cells help with this process? What two ways do they help?

What is located in each of the following spaces?

·  Subarachnoid space

·  Epidural space

·  Subdural space

Define the BBB and tell why it is important. List the substances that can get through it.

Write the circulation pattern of CSF.

Complete the table for brain parts

Part / Function/purpose: Use notes and info from Brain Functions WS
Gyri & sulci
Cerebrum/cerebral cortex
Corpus callosum
Basal nuclei
Hypothalamus
Thalamus
Epithalamus
Midbrain
Pons
Medulla oblongata
Pituitary gland
Cerebellum

List the 3 parts that make up the diencephalon and those of the brain stem.

List the basic info about a lumbar or spinal tap.

Study your Disorders

·  Brain tumor

·  Multiple sclerosis

·  Kernicturus

·  Hydrocephalus

·  Flaccid paralysis

·  Spastic paralysis

·  Quadriplegic

·  Paraplegic

·  Hemiplegic

·  Spina bifida types

·  Cerebral palsy

·  Alzheimer’s disease

·  Parkinson’s disease

·  Huntington’s disease

·  Meningitis

·  Encephalitis

·  Cerebral edema

·  Ataxia

·  Cerebrovascular accident

·  Ischemia

·  Transient ischemic attack