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Which are receptors?
a) skin
b) ears
c) eyes
d) taste buds
e) all of the above
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| nerve extending from the base of the spine down the thigh, lower leg, and foot |
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| pain or inflammation along the course of the sciatic nerve |
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| carries messages toward teh brain and spinal cord from a receptor--afferent nerve |
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| thirty-onepairs of nerves arising from the spinal cord |
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| agent of change (light, sound, touch) in the internal or external environment that evokes a response |
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| connective and supporting tissue of an organ |
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| What are the stromal tissue of the brain? |
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| depression or groove in the surface of the cerebral cortex--a fissure |
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| What is the plural of sulcus? |
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| autonomic nerves that inlfuence bodily functions involuntarily in times of stress |
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| space through which a nervous impulse travels between nerve cells or between nerve, muscle, or glandular cells |
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| The Greek word synapsis means ______ |
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| main relay center of the brain--it conducts impulses between the spinal cord and the cerebrum |
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| tenth cranial nerve (cranial nerve X) that branches reach to the larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, aorta, esophagus, and stomach--the only one that leaves the head |
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| canals in the brain that contain cerebrospinal fluid |
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| Combined form meaning cerebellum |
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| pertaining to the cerebellum |
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| Combined form meaning cerebrum |
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| pertaining to the cerebrum and spine |
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| pertaining to the cerebrum |
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| Combined form meaning dura mater |
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| pertaining to below the dura mater |
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| pertaining to above the dura mater |
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| pertaining to within the cerebrum |
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| Combined form meaning brain |
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| inflammation of the brain |
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| disease process of the brain |
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| congenital brain malformation often detected with amniocentesis or ultrasonography of the fetus--condition pertaining to without a brain |
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