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Nervous System Disorders

Nervous System Disorders

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Health Sciences

9th - 12th Grade

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Tamara Moody

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11 Slides • 14 Questions

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What are some critical functions controlled by the nervous system?

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Breathing, movement, thoughts, and memory

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Digestion and excretion only

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Vision and hearing only

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Growth and reproduction only

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Multiple Choice

Why is the nervous system often referred to as the body's command center?

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Because it controls critical functions like breathing, movement, thoughts, and memory

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Because it is the largest organ system in the body

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Because it is responsible for digestion

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Because it produces hormones

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Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a key symptom of epilepsy?

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Convulsions

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Temporary confusion

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Memory loss

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Loss of consciousness

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Multiple Select

Which of the following are primary symptoms of Alzheimer's Disease?

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Memory loss

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Muscle rigidity

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Reasoning difficulties

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Communication challenges

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Multiple Choice

Parkinson's disease primarily affects movement and ___ control.

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motor
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smell

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taste

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see

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Multiple Choice

Parkinson's disease involves

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the death of nerve cells that produce the vital neurotransmitter of dopamine

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impaired function in the right hemisphere only

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impaired function in the left hemisphere only

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excess production of the neurotransmitters dopamine and acetylcholine

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Multiple Choice

Parkinson's disease primarily affects which part of the nervous system?

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Peripheral nervous system

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Central nervous system

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Autonomic nervous system

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Somatic nervous system

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Multiple Choice

What is multiple sclerosis?

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A genetic disorder affecting muscle coordination

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A type of cancer affecting the brain

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A demyelinating disease of the central nervous system

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A viral infection of the spinal cord

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Multiple Choice

A chronic disease of the central nervous system marked by damage to the myelin sheath causing tremors, weaksness, visual and speech disturbances

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Huntington's Disease

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Multiple Sclerosis

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Alzheimers

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Parkinson's Disease

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Epilepsy

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Multiple Select

Signs of possible stroke include (Select all that apply)

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Face Drooping

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Arm Weakness

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Speech Difficulty

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Shuffling gait

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Multiple Select

Which of the following are common symptoms of neurological disorders discussed in the slides?

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Vision problems

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Tremors

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Fatigue

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Slurred speech

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Multiple Choice

Which lifestyle change is recommended to help maintain nervous system health?

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Increase sugar intake

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Exercise regularly

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Avoid sleep

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Limit mental activities

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Multiple Choice

Dementia is caused by damage to brain cells. This damage interferes with the ability of brain cells to communicate with each other.

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True

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False

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Match

Match the following

Epilepsy

Multiple Sclerosis

ALS

Huntington's Disease

Parkinson's Disease

Abnormal electrical impulses, causes seizure

Attack the myelin sheath, causes numbness and progressive weakness

Affects the CNS, lose function of muscles over time

Hereditary, symptoms develop in 30's amd 40's

Loss of nerve cells resulting in lower dopamine secretion. Affects movement

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