Anatomy and Physiology

Question 1

Governs all sensory and motor thought and learning; analyze, associates, integrates, and stores information

Answer 1

Cerebrum

Question 2

Permits blood to circulate from one hemisphere to the other and from anterior to posterior and is located in the subarachnoid space

Answer 2

Circle of Willis

Question 3

The three meninges that covers not just the brain but also the spinal cord and spinal canal

Answer 3

Pia Mater
Arachnoid Layer
Dura Mater

Question 4

Contains cerebral arteries and veins bathed in CSF

Answer 4

Subarachnoid space

Question 5

Potential space for the skull and outermost meningeal layer

Answer 5

Epidural space

Question 6

Formed from 8 bones with a volume of around 1.4-1.5 L

Answer 6

Skull

Question 7

Regulates autonomic nervous system, stress responses, sleep, appetite, body temp, water balance, and emotion.

Answer 7

Hypothalamus

Question 8

Regulates some visceral activities and some function in emotional personality

Answer 8

Limbic System

Question 9

Supplies nutrients to neuron structure and to support framework for neurons and capillaries; forms part of the blood–brain barrierThis is the life support of the neuron

Answer 9

Astrocytes

Question 10

What are the neuronal structures?

Answer 10

Cell body, dendrites, axon, myelin sheath, saltatory conduction and neurilemma

Question 11

Types of Neuroglial Cells

Answer 11

Astroglia (Astrocyte), Oligodendroglia, Ependyma and Microglia

Question 12

This is a type of neuroglial cell which forms the myelin sheath in the central nervous system

Answer 12

Oligodendroglia

Question 13

Section of the brain located at the lower back part which is composed of pons, medulla, and cerebellum

Answer 13

Hindbrain

Question 14

This part of the neuronal structure is in charge of transmission of impulses.

Answer 14

Axon

Question 15

This part of the neuronal structure is the life support of the neuron

Answer 15

Cell body

Question 16

12 Pairs of Cranial Nerves

Answer 16

Olfactory
Optic 
Trochlear 
Trigeminal 
Abducens 
Facial
Vestibulocochlear
Glossopharyngeal 
Vagus 
Accessory 
Hypoglossal

Question 17

Pathway located anteriorly within the spinal cord that is responsible for crude touch and pressure

Answer 17

Anterior Spinothalamic

Question 18

This is the outer covering of neurons outside CNS.

Answer 18

Neurolemma

Question 19

A clear, colorless liquid that cushions the brain and spinal cord from forces and collision

Answer 19

Cerebrospinal fluid

Question 20

Major ascending tracts of the spinal cord

Answer 20

Lateral spinothalamic
anterior spinothalamic
fasciculi gracilis and cuneatus, anterior and posterior spinocerebellar and Spinotectal