Chapter 9 study guide

During childbirth, a woman is given an epidural anesthetic to relieve the pain. This is an example of what type of anesthesia

regional

26. The simplest type of nervous response is the

relex

Reaction to a stimulus is called a

response

The cranial nerve that regulates vision is

II Optic nerve

is composed of bundles of nerve fibers enclosed by connective tissue.

Nerve

. The autonomic nervous system includes ____________________, ____________________, and ____________________, which carry impulses to all smooth muscle, secretory glands, and heart muscle.

Nerves, ganglia, plexus

27. Inflammation of a nerve or nerve trunk is called ____________________.

Neuritis

The peripheral nervous system includes all the nerves that connect the brain and spinal cord with sensory receptors, muscles, and glands.

True

trigeminal

5

abducens

6

Facial

7

vestibulocochlear

8

glossopharyngeal

9

is a condition that affects the median nerve and the flexor tendons that attach to the bones of the wrist.

Carpel tunnel

Both the sympathetic and the parasympathetic nerves are strongly influenced by emotion.

True

A nerve composed of fibers that carry impulses from the sense organs to the brain is called a/an _____ nerve.

Afferent

is a condition that involves the seventh cranial nerve

Bells Palsy

is a measurement of physiological responses that yields information about the relationships between the mind and the body and helps people learn how to manipulate those responses through mental activity.

Biofeedback

Tingling, burning, and crawling of the skin would be called _____.

Paraesthesia

Which plexus supplies motor movement to the posterior of legs and thighs?

Sacral

The two divisions of the autonomic nervous system are the ____________________ and ____________________.

Sympathetic, parasympathetic

Which of the following is a therapy that delivers tiny electrical impulses to specific nerve pathways through small electrodes placed on the skin?

TENS

Peripheral neuropathy is frequently caused by diabetes.

True

If a person is extremely stressed by the behavior of a colleague, this would mean what?

The sympathetic system is dominant

Sciatica is a form of neuritis that affects the sciatic nerve.

True

When a provider taps the knee to determine the presence of a knee-jerk reflex, what is happening?

a message is sent to the spinal cord to respond

A patient is going to have a repair of a heart valve. What type of anesthesia would be used?

general

olfactory

1

vagus

10

spinal accessory

11

hypoglossal

12

Optic

2

oculomotor

3

here are ____________________ pairs of spinal nerves and ____________________ pairs of cranial nerves.

31, 12

trochlear

4

The instrument used to determine the electrical activity of the muscle is

EMG

____________________ and ____________________ nerves are part of the peripheral nervous system.

Efferent and af fervent

A nerve composed of fibers carrying impulses to the brain or spinal cord from muscles or glands is called an efferent nerve.

False

The parasympathetic nervous system is referred to as the fight-or-flight system.

False

Under normal circumstances, the parasympathetic system would be stronger than the sympathetic system.

False

The peripheral nervous system connects the central nervous system to structures of the body.

True

The spinal nerves are all mixed nerves.

True

The spinal nerves are named in relation to their location on the spinal cord.

True

The cranial nerve that regulates hearing and balance is _____.

VIII vestibulocochlear

Which plexus supplies motor movement to the shoulder, wrist, and hand?

brachial