Nervous System
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What are the general functions of the nervous system?
What are the two major divisions of the nervous system and what anatomical
structures are found in each division?
How is the PNS subdivided?
How is the motor and sensory division of the PNS further classified?
What are the different types of cells in the nervous system? What do they
look like? What is there function?
What parts make up a neuron? What are the functions of different parts of
the neuron?
What are the special characteristics of a neuron?
What are the functional classifications of neurons?
Be able to diagram a synapse.
CNS & PNS
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What are the meninges or the brain, what are they composed of and what
are there functions?
What is the composition and function of CSF? How is it formed?
What is the function of the blood brain barrier? What things can cross the
barrier?
What structures maintain the integrity of the blood brain barrier?
Know the location and function of the following structures and there
substructures that were talked about in class: The midbrain, pons,
medulla oblongata, cerebellum, diencephalon and the cerebrum.
Know the functional areas of the cerebral cortex that were discussed in
class, where they are located (if covered) and their functions.
Be able to compare and contrast the sympathetic and parasympathetic
nervous system in terms of anatomy?
Know what the parasympathetic nervous system outputs are, what
nerves of the parasympathetic nervous system affect what structures.
Special Senses
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Know what the chemical senses are, how they function and what stimuli
they respond to.
What are the six basic taste sensations, what do they sense and what
physiological purpose do they serve?
What other variables affect taste?
What are the accessory structures of the eye and what are there
functions?
What are the symptoms of diplopia and strabismus and what causes
these diseases?
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Know the detailed anatomy of the eye and what each of the structures do.
How is the radius of the iris regulated?
What are the different types of photoreceptors and how do they respond
to light?
What is retinal detachment, why does it occur and what can it lead to if
not treated?
What are the chambers of the eye and what are there functions?
What causes glaucoma and what are the symptoms?
What is the structure and function of the lens? How is light refracted
through the lens?
What causes cataracts? How is cataracts treated?
How is light focused on the retina? How does the eye focus for distance
and up close vision?
How do the eyes gain depth perception?
What are the symptoms and causes color blindness and night blindness?
What are the anatomical structures involved in hearing?
What are the anatomical structures involved in balance and what is there
function?
You should be able to trace the path of sound through the ear and the
path of light through the eye.
You need to understand the mechanisms of hearing and balance.
How do cells in the utricle respond to gravity?
How do cells in the ampulla respond to rotational movements?
Why does motion sickness and what are the symptoms?