ENG235 fall2020 u5 nervous VOC

UNIT – VOCABULARY & READING (2 hours) ENGLISH IN MEDICINE – GENERAL PRACTITIONER Y2 NERVOUS SYSTEM Presenter: Nguyen Hoang Quynh Mai Editor: Nguyen Hoang Quynh Mai Email: 1004quynhmai@gmail.com A SPIDER ON YOUR KNEE A Your body first recognizes that thing as a spider B Other interneurons pass that signal to neurons that carry it up your spinal cord to your brain C The signal travels up an axon and into your spinal cord, where it gets passed on to several interneurons D The connections between neurons interpret and split the signal so that you can either scream, and start swinging your arms wildly about the spider or remain calm, and remove the spider E The spider’s legs activate your sensory neurons in the skin F Some interneurons send a signal straight down neurons to your quadriceps muscle on your thigh, triggering you to kick your leg out before you even know what’s going on COMPONENTS & FUNCTIONS NERVE CELLS = NEURONS NERVES Dendrite Cell body Cell nucleus Axon Myelin sheath Terminal end fibers Synapse Left cerebral hemisphere (lateral view) Dura mater Subdural space Arachnoid membrane Subarachnoid space Pia mater COMPONENTS & FUNCTIONS WATCH & MATCH ADDITIONAL VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=44B0ms3XPKU Parietal Medulla oblongata Midbrain Cerebellum Temporal lobe Hypothalamus Frontal lobe Occipital lobe Muscle coordination Sensory info Emotion Auditory info Center for respiration Visual info Eye & ear reflexes Reasoning & thought DISEASES DISEASES Bell palsy DISEASES DISEASES Herpes zoster (shingles) Brain tumor on MRI DISEASES INTERVENTIONS INTERVENTIONS TERMINOLOGY cerebell/o cerebellum alges/o, -algesia exc sensitive to pain cerebr/o cerebrum -algia pain dur/o dura mater esthesi/o, -esthesia feelings encephal/o brain kines/o, -kinesis movement mening/o meninges -lepsy seizure myel/o spinal cord -paresis weakness neur/o nerve -phasia speech pont/o pons -plegia paralysis radicul/o nerve root -praxia action REVIEW EXERCISES GAME ON KAHOOT REVIEW ON STUDY STACK 1/ Components & Functions: 2/ Diseases & Interventions: WRITING PRACTICE What is central nervous system? (3 sentences) What is a plexus? (3 sentences) Imagine you are the nervous system, introduce your main components and functions (2 paragraphs) QUESTIONS & ANSWERS ... Diseases & Interventions: WRITING PRACTICE What is central nervous system? (3 sentences) What is a plexus? (3 sentences) Imagine you are the nervous system, introduce your main components and functions