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What is the main function of the nervous system?
What are the three general functions of the nervous system?
What is the main difference between the central nervous system and peripheral nervous system?
What is gray matter primarily composed of?
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Where is gray matter found in the spinal cord?
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What is the name of the bundle of nerve fibers that transmit information from the peripheral nervous system to the central nervous system?
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What is the function of the multimodal associative cortical field?
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What type of paralysis occurs after an initial flaccid paralysis and areflexia of the affected limb following pyramidal tract damage?
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What is the name of the system that includes the fiber tracts in the CNS and corresponds to the nerves in the PNS?
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What is the term for the nerve cell bodies found in the gray matter?
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What is the name of the cortical field that includes areas such as the prefrontal associative cortex and parts of the orbitofrontal cortex?
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What is the term for the upper motor neuron system that controls voluntary movement?
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What type of sensitivity is difficult to localize and is emotionally colored?
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Which pathway is responsible for conveying deep sensitivity?
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What is the result of a lesion in the spinal cord?
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What is the term for a group of muscles innervated by a nerve root/spinal nerve?
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What is the distribution pattern of failure in peripheral system lesions?
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What is the term for a circumscribed segmental skin area whose sensitive information is transmitted to a spinal cord segment via spinal nerves through a spinal root?
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What is the result of a Brown-Sequard syndrome lesion?
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Which pathway is responsible for conveying protopathic sensitivity?
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What is the term for the area of overlapping innervation of peripheral nerves?
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What is the significance of a sensory level in determining the site of a lesion?
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