Exam 12: Disorders of the Peripheral Nervous

Each nerve cell may have multiple dendrites, each receiving information from different sources.

A patient who presents with progressive paralysis that starts in the legs and moves upwards toward the arms and torso is often suggestive of ____.

In a nerve cell, the ____________________ receives and processes all of these signals and develops an appropriate output action.

The ____________________ nervous system consists of the nerves that originate in the brain (cranial nerves) or spinal cord (spinal nerves) and reach out to the body.

Post-polio syndrome can occur up to 30 years after the initial infection and involves a loss of the patient's surviving motor neurons.