Nervous System Part.B

Question 1

What does the C.N.S consiste of

Answer 1

Brain and spinal cord

Question 2

What do the brain and spinal cord serve

Answer 2

Coordination

Question 3

Both brain and spinal cord are protected by:

Answer 3

Bones and meninges

Question 4

What fills the spaces between the membranes

Answer 4

Cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)

Question 5

What does cerebrospinal fluid provide

Answer 5

Cushioning and protection and nourishment for tissue and cells

Question 6

What are the 3 meninges membranes

Answer 6

Dura Mater, Aracnoid, Pia Mater

Question 7

What is Dura Mater

Answer 7

Under the skull, tough and full of blood vessels

Question 8

What is aracnoid

Answer 8

Thin and delicate webbed membrane

Question 9

What is Pia Mater

Answer 9

Closes to brain, membrane loaded with blood vessels

Question 10

What is the hole called that connects brain and spinal cord

Answer 10

Foramen magnum

Question 11

What are the two main functions of the spinal cord

Answer 11

1. Connect the peripheral nervous system to brain
2. Coordinate many reflex responses without brain

Question 12

How to know Wich side is dorsal and ventral of spinal cord

Answer 12

Bumpy side is dorsal and has a lump in root

Question 13

How to know Wich side is ventral

Answer 13

Thick side of H is ventral

Question 14

3 distinct regions of brain

Answer 14

Forebrain, midbrain and hindbrain

Question 15

What sections is the forebrain separated into

Answer 15

Cerebrum, thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 16

What 3 sections is hindbrain separated into

Answer 16

Pons, medulla oblongata, cerebellum

Question 17

What is the cerebrum covered by (part of forebrain)

Answer 17

Cerebral cortex

Question 18

What are the two hemispheres of the brain joined by

Answer 18

Corpus callosum

Question 19

Brain devided into four

Answer 19

Frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal

Question 20

What does thalamus do (forebrain)

Answer 20

Relay Center for nerve impulse

Question 21

What 4 things does hypothalamus do (forebrain)

Answer 21

Below thalamus, controls autonomic functions, human drives controlled by this, produces hormones

Question 22

What are the 4 bundles of grey matter called in the midbrain

Answer 22

Reticular formation

Question 23

What does the medulla oblongata do (hindbrain)

Answer 23

Control Center for breathing, heart rate, blood pressure

Question 24

What does the cerebellum do (hindbrain)

Answer 24

Controls fine motor skills, being drunk affects this, affects balance

Question 25

What does the pons do (hindbrain)

Answer 25

Bridge between medulla and cerebellum

Question 26

What does the autonomic n.s break into

Answer 26

Sympathetic and parasympathetic

Question 27

Where do the sympathetic neurons originate from

Answer 27

Spinal cord

Question 28

Where do the parasympathetic neurons originate from

Answer 28

Brain and lower lumbar region

Question 29

What does sympathetic do

Answer 29

Fight of flight

Question 30

What does parasympathetic do

Answer 30

Rest and digest

Question 31

What is an important nerve in parasympathetic and what does it do

Answer 31

Vagus nerve, controls lungs liver heart rate…

Question 32

What does the digestive system do in parasympathetic and sympathetic

Answer 32

Peristalsis goes down then up (break down food)

Question 33

What does the liver do during sympathetic and parasympathetic

Answer 33

Releases glucose then stored glucose as glycogen