BODY STRUCTURES AND
FUNCTIONS 13 EDITION WITH
QUESTIONS AND WELL
DETAILED ANSWERS,ACTUAL
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somatic nervous system -
... [Show More] ANS✔✔-----conducts impulses from the brain and
spinal cord to the skeletal muscles
sensory nerve (afferent nerve) - ANS✔✔-----nerve fibers that carry
messages from the sense organs to the brain and spinal cord
mixed nerves - ANS✔✔-----contain both sensory and motor fibers
cranial nerves - ANS✔✔-----12 pairs of nerves that carry messages to and
from the brain
spinal nerves - ANS✔✔-----31 pairs of nerves arising from the spinal cord
plexus - ANS✔✔-----large, interlacing network of nerves
Motor nerves (efferent nerves) - ANS✔✔-----transmit impulses away from
the spinal cord
sciatic nerve - ANS✔✔-----largest nerve in the body
Ganglia - ANS✔✔-----carry impulses to all smooth muscle, secretory glands
and heart muscle.
sympathetic system - ANS✔✔-----the division of the autonomic nervous
system that arouses the body, mobilizing its energy in stressful situations
reflex - ANS✔✔-----a simple, automatic response to a sensory stimulus
Receptors - ANS✔✔-----Special structures that allow living organisms to
sense the conditions of their internal or external environment.
Effectors - ANS✔✔-----cause responses that alter conditions in the internal
environment
Biofeedback - ANS✔✔-----measurement of physiological responses that
yields information about the relationship between the mind and the body and
helps people learn how to manipulate those responses through mental activity.
neuritis - ANS✔✔-----inflammation of a nerve
Stimulus - ANS✔✔-----A change in an organism's surroundings that causes
the organism to react
paresthesia - ANS✔✔-----abnormal sensation of numbness and tingling
without objective cause
analgesic - ANS✔✔-----drug that relieves pain
sciatica - ANS✔✔-----pain that follows the pathway of the sciatic nerve,
caused by compression or trauma of the nerve or its roots
neuralgia - ANS✔✔-----nerve pain
trigeminal neuralgia - ANS✔✔-----inflammation of the fifth cranial nerve
characterized by sudden, intense, brief attacks of sharp pain on one side of the
face
Bell's Palsy - ANS✔✔-----temporary paralysis of the seve [Show Less]