A | B |
MENINGITIS | VIRAL OR BACTERIAL INFECTION OF THE LINING OF THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD |
POLARIZED | NOT STIMULATED;NOT EXCITED |
BOTULISM | CAUSED BY INGESTED BACTERIA, RESULTING PARALYSIS |
GUILLIAN-BARRE SYNDROME | INFLAMMATION OF THE PERIPHERAL NERVES LEADING TO RAPID ONSET OF PARALYSIS |
PARALYZED DIAPHRAGM | LEADS TO RESPIRATORY ARREST |
MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS | DAMAGE TO THE MYELIN SHEATH, LEADING TO POOR IMPULSE CONDUCTIVITY |
DIABETES AND ALCOHOLI SM | SYSTEMIC, MAY CAUSE PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY |
MYASTHENIA GRAVIS | AUTOIMMUNE DISORDER IN WHICH ACETYCHOLINE RECEPTORS ARE REDUCED |
POLIO AND SHINGLES | INFECTIONS THAT MAY CAUSE PERIPHERAL NEUROPATHY |
CARPEL TUNNEL SYNDROME | FLEXOR TENDON SHEATH BECOMES INFLAMED COMPRESSING A WRIST NERVE |
NEURON | NERVE CELLS FOR FUNCTIONAL CONTROL OF THE NERVOUS SYSTEM |
ASTROCYTES | METABOLIC AND STRUCTURAL SUPPORT CELLS OF CNS |
SATELLITE CELLS | SUPPORT CELLS OF PNS |
DURA MATER | OUTERMOST MENINGEAL LAYER |
MICROGLIA | CELLS THAT REMOVE DEBRIS FROM THE CNS |
ARACHNOID MATER | MIDDLE MENINGEAL LAYER |
SCHWANN | MAKES MYELIN FOR THE PNS |
OLIGODENDROCYTE | MAKES MYELIN FOR THE CNS |
PIA MATER | INNERMOST MENINGEAL LAYER |
EPENDYMAL | COVERS AND LINES CAVITIES OF THE CNS |
ENDORPHIN | INHIBITS THE RELEASE OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS FROM THE VESICLES |
ACETYCHOLINE | SKELETAL NEUROMUSCULAR FUNCTIONAL NEUROTRANSMITTER |
SEROTONIN | REGULATES TEMPERATURE, MOOD, AND ONSET OF SLEEP |
NOREPINEPHRINE | CARDIAC NEUROMUSCULAR JUNCTIONAL NEUROTRANSMITTERS |
TETRODOTOXIN | POISON IN FUGU |
CALCIUM | TRIGGERS THE RELEASE OF NEUROTRANSMITTERS FROM THE VESICLES |
POTASSIUM | RUSHES OUT OF CELLS FOR REPOLORIZATION TO OCCUR |
SARIN | INHIBITS ACETYCHOLINESTRASE; USED BY TERRORIST ON TOKYO'S SUBWAY |
EPIDURAL | BETWEEN DURA MATER AND THE VERTEBRAL COLUMN |
SODIUM | RUSHES INTO THE CELL FOR DEPOLORIZATION |