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Principles of Health Science
Nervous System
Review Questions
These questions are intended to help you review for your upcoming exam. Many of the
test questions come from this review sheet. You may turn this in the day of the test,
fully completed, for extra credit.
1.
List and describe the four main parts of a neuron that we discussed in class.
a.
b.
c.
d.
2.
Label the four parts listed above on the neuron picture below.
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3.
What is a synapse?
4.
What are neurotransmitters?
5.
What is the difference between afferent (sensory) and efferent (motor) nerves?
6.
What parts of the nervous system are in the central nervous system?
7.
What is the brain?
8.
Please list and describe the eight parts of the brain we discussed in class.
a.
e.
b.
f.
c.
g.
d.
h.
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9. Where does the spinal cord run? (Where does it start and where does it end?)
10. What are the three main things the spinal cord is responsible for?
a.
b.
c.
11. What is cerebrospinal fluid? What purpose does it serve?
12. What two divisions do we divide the peripheral nervous system into?
13. What is each of the above divisions responsible for? (What does each control?)
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14. Please complete the following flow chart for divisions of the nervous system.
15. What causes amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)? (What happens within the
nervous system?)
16. What ultimately happens to patients with ALS?
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17. What causes carpal tunnel syndrome? (What happens within the nervous system?)
18. What causes paralysis? (What happens within the nervous system?)
19. Name and explain the three types of paralysis.
a.
b.
c.
20. What is a CVA? What causes it?
21. What causes epilepsy? (What happens within the nervous system?)
22. Name and explain the two types of seizures.
a.
b.
23. What type of reflexes do people with cerebral palsy have?
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24. In what age range does multiple sclerosis (MS) typically occur?
25. In what age range does Parkinson’s disease typically occur?
26. What type of gait do people with Parkinson’s disease typically have?
(How do they walk?)
27. What are your five senses? Which organ controls which one?
a.
d.
b.
c.
e.
28. What things is your eye protected by?
29. Define each of the following parts of the eye:
a. Sclera
b. Cornea
c. Choroid Coat
d. Retina
e. Iris
f. Pupil
g. Lens
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30. The ear is responsible for hearing and ________________.
31. What makes up the outer ear?
32. What makes up the middle ear?
33. What makes up the inner ear?
34. What is the tympanic membrane? What does it do?
35. What is the cochlea? What does it do?
36. What are the semicircular canals? What do they do?
37. What are papillae on the tongue? What do they do?
38. What are olfactory receptors? What do they do?
39. What are the 4 types of general sense receptors? Are they exclusive to 1 type of
sense?