Chapter 2 questions Flashcards
The most common type of neuron in vertebrates is the_____ neuron.
Multipolar
The type of energy that is used to make CT scan images is
x-Rays
The two cerebral hemispheres are connected by…
The corpus callosum
The basal ganglia are particularly implicated in…
motor control
The neuron doctrine stipulates that neurons…
are contiguous with one another.
In its common usage, the term stroke refers to…
brain lesions caused by a reduction or blockage of blood flow to the brain.
Which type of cell is responsible for myelination within the central nervous system?
Oligodendrocytes
The temporal lobe is separated from the frontal and parietal lobes by the ______ fissure.
Sylvian
What kind of information is carried by the ventral roots of the spinal cord?
Motor information to muscles
Which neuroanatomical methods provides an outlines of entire neurons, including all of the cell’s processes (axons and dendrites)?
Golgi stain
How many geometically distinguishable types of nerve cells are found in the brains of mammals?
200
Two important motor nuclei, the substantia nigra and the ____ nucleus, are contained with the _____.
Red; midbrain
The superior colliculus is a structure within the…
Midbrain
The brain and spinal cord are wrapped in protective membranes known collectively as the…
meninges
