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CH 54
Med Surg
Question | Answer |
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The CNS is made up of | Brain and Spinal Cord |
The CNS is responsible for | Interpreting incoming sensory information and issuing instructions based on past experiences |
The peripheral nervous system contains what two divisions | The somatic nervous system and the autonomic system |
Sends messages from the CNS to the skeletal muscles(voluntary muscles) | The somatic nervous system |
Transmits messages from the CNS to the smooth muscle,cardiac muscle,and certain glands. Sometimes called the involuntary nervous system | The autonomic nervous system |
Transmitter cells that carries messages to and from the brain and spinal cord | Neurons |
A seperate unit composed of three main parts: the cell body,the axon,and the dendrites | Neuron |
Speeds the transmission of the impulse | Acetylcholine |
maintaining arousal,dreaming,and regulation of mood | Norepinephine |
Primarily affects motor function | Dopamine |
Induces sleep, affects sensory perception, controls temperature,and has a role in mood | Serotonin |
Largest part of the brain | Cerebrum |
The brainstem contains | Midbrain,pons,medulla oblongata |
Composed of 31 pairs of spinal nerves,12 pairs of cranial nerves and the autonomic nervous system | Peripheral nervous system |
Conrols the activities of the smooth muscle,cardiac muscle,and all glands | Autonomic nervous system |
Slows an action | Parasympathetic |
Speeds an action | Sympathetic |
Earliest most sensitive indicator of the patients neurologic status | LOC |
Two components of LOC | Arousal and awareness |
Four components of awareness | Orientation,memory,calculation,fund of knowledge |
What are the three categories that are assessed in the Glasgow coma scale | Eyes open,Verbal response,Motor response |