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| Neurotransmitter chemical released at the ends of nerve cells |
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| Carry messages towards the brain and spinal cords |
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| Middle layer of the three membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord |
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| Nerves that control involuntary body functions muscles, glands and internal organs |
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| Microscopic fiber that carry's the nervous impulse along a nerve cell |
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| Lower portion of the bran that connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord |
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| Nerve roots leaving the caudal end of the spine |
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| Part of a nerve cell that contains the nucleus |
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| Brain and the spinal cord |
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| Posterior part of the brain that coordinates muscle movements and maintains balance |
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| Fluid that circulates throughout the brain and spinal cord |
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| Largest part of the brain, responsible for voluntary muscle activity, vision, speech, taste, hearing, thought and memory |
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| Microscopic branching fiber of a nerve cell that is the first part to receive the nervous impulse |
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| Thick, outermost layer of meninges surrounding and protecting the brain and spinal cord |
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| Carry messages away from the brain and spinal cord |
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| Portion of the brain just above the spinal cord that controls breathing heart beat and the size of blood vessels |
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| Three protective membranes that surround the brain and spinal cord |
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| Carry messages away from the brain and spinal cord to muscles and organs |
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| White fatty tissue that surrounds and insulates the axon of a nerve cell |
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| Nerve cell that carries impulses throughout the body |
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| Chemical messenger released at the end of a nerve cell |
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| Involentary, autonomic nerves that regulate normal body functions such as heart rate, breathing and muscles of the gastrointestinal tract |
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| Peripheral nervous system |
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| Nerves outside the brain and spinal cord |
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| Thin, delicate inner membrane of the meninges |
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| Large, interlacing network of nerves. |
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| Organ that receives a nervous stimulation and passes it on to nerves within the body |
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| knowing where your limbs are in space |
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| Carry messages to the brain and spinal cord from a receptor |
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| autonomic nerves that influence bodily function involuntary in times of stress |
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| Space through which a nervous impulse is transmitted from one neuron to another, or from a neruon to another cell, such as muscle or gland cell |
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| Tenth cranial nerve, branches out to reach the larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, aorta and esophagus. |
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| Excessive sensitivity to pain |
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| Feeling, nervous sensation |
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| Kines/o, kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinetic |
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| Chronic brain disorder characterized by recurrent seizure activity |
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| Autoimmune neuromuscular disorder characterized by weakness of voluntary muscles |
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| inflammation of the meninges |
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| Abnormal growth of brain tissue and meninges |
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| Temporary brain disfunction after injury, usually clearing after 24 hours |
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| Bruising of the brain tissue as a result of direct trauma to the head. |
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| Disruption in the normal blood supply to the brain, stroke. |
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| Enlarged, weakened area in the arterial wall, which may rupture, leading to hemorrhages and stroke |
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| A mass travels throughout the blood stream ans suddenly blocks a vessel |
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| Relieving symptoms but not curing |
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| Major convulsive seizure marked by sudden loss of consciousness, stiffening muscles, and twitching and jerking movements |
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| Cerebrospinal fluid analysis |
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| Samples of CDF are examined |
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| X-ray imaging of the spinal canal after injection of contrast medium intot he subarachnoid space |
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| Magnetic resonance imaging |
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| Magnetic and radio waves create an image of the brain in all three planes |
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| Recording of the electrical activity in the brain |
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