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Central Nervous System: brain and spinal cord anatomy
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1Fatty substance that acts as insulation for many axons so they conduct electrical impulses faster?
- Awhite matter
- Bmyelin
- Cneurons
- Dtract
2Neurons have three basic parts?
- Adendrites, nerve cell body, axon
- Bgray matter, white matter, myelin
3Central Nervous System ( CNS) consists of?
- Aspinal nerves and cranial nerves
- Bgray and white matter
4Gray matter is comprised of?
- Aunsheathed or uncovered cell bodies and dendrites
- Bsheathed myelinated new fibers
5White matter is?
- Amyelinated nerve fibers, myelin sheath makes nervous tissue appear white
- Bunsheathed cell bodies
6It is the center for all thought, memory, judgment, and emotion
- Acerebellum
- Btemporal lobe
- Ccerebrum
7four sections of the brain?
- Afrontal lobe, parietal lobe, occipital lobe, and temporal lobe
- Bcerebrum, cerebellum, diencephalon, and brain stem
8controls vision?
- Afrontal lobe
- Boccipital lobe
- Cbrain stem
- Dmedulla oblongata
9thalamus and hypothalamus are located where?
- Adiencephalon
- Bcerebrum
- Cbrain stem
10thalamus is composed of?
- Amemories
- Bgray matter, pain perception
- Cwhite matter
11hypothalamus
- Ajudgment
- Bthoughts
- Cbody temp., appetite, sexual desire, and emotions
12cerebellun
- Asecond largest portion, aids in coordinating voluntary body movements and maintaining balance and equilibrium
- Bbody temp
- Clargest portion
13brain stem
- Afinal portion of brain
- Bmidbrain
- Cpons
- Dmedulla oblongata
- Eall of the above
14pathway for impulses to be conducted between brain and spinal cord
- Apons
- Bmidbrain
- Cmedulla oblongata
15"bridge" connects cerebellum to rest of the brain
- Amedulla oblongata
- Bpons
- Cmidbrain
16contains centers that control respiration, heart rate, temp., and blood pressure
- Apons
- Bmidbrain
- Cmedulla oblongata
17cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)
- Awatery, clear fluid provides protection from shock or sudden motion to brain and spinal cord
- Bfatty substance that acts as insulation for many axons
18tough mother, forms fibrous sac around CNS
- Aarachnoid layer
- Bdura mater
- Cpia mater
19arachnoid layer
- A"spiderlike" thin, delicate layer attached to pia mater by weblike filaments
- Btough mother
- Csoft mother
20inner membrane, soft mother; applied directly to surface of brain and spinal cord
- Apia mater
- Barachnoid layer
- Cdura mater
21myel/o
- Amuscle
- Bspinal cord
- Cfungus
- Dcell
22speech
- A-plasty
- B-phasia
- C-plegia
23-plegia
- Aparalysis
- Binflammation
- Ccutting into
- Drecord
24sympathetic branch
- Ajudgment
- Bvegetate
- Cfight or flight
25parasympathetic branch
- Avegetate
- Bfight
- Cflight
26sensory neurons, carry sensory info. from a sensory receptor to CNS
- Aefferent neuron
- Bafferent neurons
- Cganglion
27efferent neurons
- Aafferent neurson
- Bsensory neurons
- Cmotor neurons, carry activity instructions from CNS to muscles or glands out of body
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