chapter 03

Question 1

Central Nervous System (CNS)

Answer 1

Brain (in the skull).
Spinal Cord (in the spine).

Question 2

Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

Answer 2

Located outside of the skull and spine
Serves to bring information into the CNS and carry signals out of the CNS.

Question 3

Skeletal / Somatic

Answer 3

associated with the voluntary control of the body movements via the use of skeletal muscles.

Question 4

Autonomic

Answer 4

a component of the peripheral nervous system that regulates involuntary physiologic processes including heart rate, blood pressure, respiration, digestion, and sexual arousal; organs.

Question 5

Efferent (motor)

Answer 5

Information expressed

Question 6

Afferent (sensory)

Answer 6

Information accepted

Question 7

Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)

Answer 7

plasma in the ventricles of the brain + the subarachnoid spaces of the cranium + spine (not normally found in gray matter)

Question 8

meninges

Answer 8

three layers of membrane that protect the brain + spinal cord

Question 9

dura mater

Answer 9

“tough mother,” outer membrane

Question 10

arachnoid

Answer 10

spider-web-like

Question 11

pia mater

Answer 11

“plous mother,” adheres to CNS surface