STUDY GUIDE LECTURE EXAM 3 CHAPTER 11 Functions and Divisions of the Nervous System 1. List the basic functions of the nervous system. 2. Explain the structural and functional divisions of the nervous system. Histology of Nervous Tissue 3. List the types of neuroglia and cite their functions. 4. Define neuron‚ describe its important structural components‚
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practitioner of an impending health disorder or infection. This enables the person to take pre-emptive corrective action (www.healthandyoga.com). Some experts suggest that the regular practice of breathing though one nostril at a time (electroencephalogram or EEG) may help improve communication between the right and the left side of the brain. Studies have also shown that this brain activity is associated with better performance and doctors even suggest that yoga can enhance cognitive performance
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rapid eye movements. Dreams occur during REM sleep. We typically have 3 to 5 periods of REM sleep per night. REM sleep is characterized by a number of other features including rapid‚ low-voltage brain waves detectable on the electroencephalographic (EEG) recording‚ irregular breathing and heart rate and involuntary muscle jerks. A night terror is a sleep disruption that seems similar to a nightmare‚ but with a far more dramatic presentation. A nightmare is merely a frightening or unpleasant dream.
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Anatomy and Physiology of Central Nervous System and Complex Nervous Activity PSY 119 Spring 2015 Professor: Elena Molchanova‚ MD Office: Main Building‚ 209 Office phone: 663309 (*239) Email: molchanova_e@auca.kg‚ emolchanova2009@gmail.com Office hours: by appointment Course language: English Classes: Monday‚ Wednesday‚ Friday 9.00 – 9.45 Credits: 6 Prerequisites: no Course status: required Course materials Main textbook 1: Carlson‚ N. (2007). Physiology of Behavior‚ 9th edition (downloaded
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What makes people do inexplicable‚ terrible‚ socially unacceptable acts of violence? This question brings to mind the age old psychological theory‚ Nature vs. Nurture. Are people born predisposed for violence? Is there something genetically different about serial killers and murderers? Can their behavior be explained by a difference in their very make-up? Or are they made violent by seeing violence‚ having un-supportive and demanding parents‚ being mentally‚ sexually‚ and physically abused? Nature
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Cerebral Palsy Cerebral Palsy is a disorder of movement‚ muscle tone or posture. It affects the ability to move in a coordinated and purposeful way. The exact cause is unknown‚ but many cases are the result of problems during pregnancy in which the brain is damaged or it does not develop normally. It can be caused from anything that interferes with normal brain development such as infections and maternal health problems. It usually occurs before or during birth‚ or during the first 3 to 5
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consider due to withhold and withdraw consist of brain death‚ coma‚ and permanent vegetative state. In this situation patient is considered legally dead‚ criteria for diagnosis include combination of neurologic physical exam and testing (apnea test/EEG)‚ Cardiopulmonary support sometimes continued until family or others arrive (Davis‚ 2017; Sue; 2012; Taylor & lylis‚ 2012; Welie‚
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General Psychology Core Review Questions Quiz #1 Spring 2013 □ To get the most from this study guide‚ write out both the questions and answers‚ then “test yourself” by reading each question and reciting answering from memory. Allow yourself enough time to complete the questions AND to study the answers. □ For 3% extra credit (added to Course Grade)‚ answer each of the questions and submit it on the day of the quiz. Do not submit unfinished work. Incomplete work with unanswered questions
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Are there any advantages to thigpen and cleckley’s study over freuds is way of working with patients? Freud’s study‚ Analysis of a phobia in a five-year old boy‚ is the account of the treatment of little Hans; a five year old boy who had been suffering form anxiety that led to a number of phobias. Freud uses this case study as strong support for his psychoanalytic ideas concerning; the unconscious determinism‚ psychosexual development‚ the Oedipus complex‚ the cause of phobias and psychoanalytic
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19 male patients participated in overnight pre and postoperative non-invasive polysomnnographic studies (PSG). These tests include the Epworth sleepiness scale recording‚ CAM of upper airway‚ and bio-data recording. PSG entails electroencephalogram (EEG)‚ submental electromyogram (EMG)‚ anterior tibialis EMG‚ electrocardiogram (ECG)‚ thoraco-abdominal motion‚ oronasal airflow (expired CO2)‚ arterial oxygen saturation with pulse
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