Chapter 7 (Beginning of Exam 2)

Question 1

What are the 3 meninges from outside to inside?

Answer 1

Outer: Dura mater, middle: arachnoid mater, inner: pia mater

Question 2

What space in the meninges contain CSF?

Answer 2

Subarachnoid space

Question 3

What arteries keep the brain oxygenated?

Answer 3

Carotid and vertebral arteries

Question 4

The brain consumes __% of the body’s oxygen

Answer 4

20

Question 5

Feeds the brain oxygenated blood through the anterior cerebral artery, middle cerebral artery, and posterior cerebral artery

Answer 5

Circle of Willis

Question 6

Hereditary-gene mutation resulting in worsening motor function caused by a breakdown in nerve cells in the basal ganglia and cerebral cortex

Answer 6

Huntington’s disease

Question 7

Disease that caused by decline in dopamine producing brain cells; results in worsening motor function

Answer 7

Parkinson’s disease

Question 8

What is an example of a semantic paraphasia?

Answer 8

When you say dad instead of mom

Question 9

Saying the incorrect word but has similar meaning of the original word you want to say

Answer 9

Semantic paraphasia

Question 10

Where is the homunculus located?

Answer 10

Sensory and motor strip

Question 11

Difficulty planning speech

Answer 11

Apraxia

Question 12

Difficulty producing speech; slurred speech

Answer 12

Dysarthria

Question 13

Tightly packed endothelial cells that keeps the CNS protected from foreign substances, hormones/neurotransmitters in the rest of the body; homeostasis of the brain

Answer 13

Blood-brain barrier

Question 14

What are some things that can violate the blood-brain barrier?

Answer 14

Infection, inflammation, high blood pressure, trauma, radiation, developmental issues with blood-brain barrier, microwaves

Question 15

Take blood from the heart to the body

Answer 15

Arteries

Question 16

Take blood from the body to the heart

Answer 16

Veins