Central Nervous System

Question 1

Nuclei

Answer 1

Accumulation of cell bodies of similar function

Question 2

Tract

Answer 2

A group of axons of similar function (in brain and spinal cord)

Question 3

Funiculus

Answer 3

A group of tracts in spinal cord form long columns

Question 4

What makes up the Central Nervous System?

Answer 4

Brain, Spinal Cord, Limits (boundaries)

Question 5

5 Subdivisions of the CNS

Answer 5

Telencephalon, Cerebellum, Diencephalon, Brainstem, Spinal Cord

Question 6

Telencephalon

Answer 6

Cerebrum, Corpus Callosum, Basal Ganglia

Question 7

What makes up the forebrain?

Answer 7

Frontal lobe - motor cortex, parietal lobe - sensory, touch, pain, occipital lobe - vision, temporal lobe - hearing and proprioception

Question 8

3 parts of diencephalon

Answer 8

Thalamus, subthalamus, hypothalamus

Question 9

3 structures of Brainstem

Answer 9

Midbrain, Pons, Medulla

Question 10

What is a dermatome?

Answer 10

A dermatome is the area of cutaneous sensory innervation that a single spinal segment provides