front 1 nervous system | back 1 receives, interprets, and responds to signals from outside environment and internal body signals |
front 2 What is included in the nervous system? | back 2 brain, brain stem, spinal cord, nerves / sensory receptors |
front 3 central nervous system | back 3 interprets and sends out responses (brain sends signals through spinal cord to peripheral nervous system) |
front 4 brain | back 4 controls body in thoughts, emotions, behaviors, memories and involuntary movements |
front 5 frontal lobe | back 5 anterior; planning, organizing information, behavior emotions |
front 6 temporal lobe | back 6 on the sides; stores long-term memory, language |
front 7 parietal lobe | back 7 superior posterior; sensory and visual info |
front 8 occipital lobe | back 8 lower posterior; sensory info from the eyes |
front 9 spinal cord | back 9 pathway that connects the brain to the nerves |
front 10 peripheral nervous system | back 10 nerves that send out and receive signals to/from the central nervous system |
front 11 nerve signals | back 11 electrochemical signals that detect and respond to stimuli from the outside world, controls bodily functions |
front 12 concussion | back 12 head impact leads to traumatic brain injury |
front 13 What are the symptoms of concussion? | back 13 headache, dizzy, cognitive/memory deficits, light sensitivity, ears ring, emotional irregularity, nausea |
front 14 traumatic brain injury (TBI) | back 14 outside force to head leads to brain disfunction |
front 15 chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) | back 15 progressive degeneration/ death of nerve cells from repeated head injury |
front 16 histology | back 16 the study of the microscopic anatomy of tissues |
front 17 Who performs histology? | back 17 a medical examiner in the gross examination and a forensic histologist in the microscopic examination |
front 18 nervous tissue | back 18 nervous system; neurons transmit, interpret, and respond to signals |
front 19 types of muscle tissue | back 19 skeletal, smooth, cardiac |
front 20 skeletal muscle tissue | back 20 attaches bones |
front 21 smooth muscle tissue | back 21 organ lining |
front 22 cardiac muscle tissue | back 22 in heart |
front 23 epithelial tissue | back 23 makes up organ and blood vessel outer layers; sheets connected to absorb, secrete, protect, and sense |
front 24 connective tissue | back 24 connects other tissues like the muscles, bones, joints; keeps organs in place; helps tissues stretch |