Central Nervous System (CNS)

Question 1

Inner covering of the brain and spinal cord

Answer 1

Meninges

Question 2

Three layers meninges

Answer 2

Dura (outer), Arachnoid (middle), Pia Mater (inner, contains blood vessels)

Question 3

Where CSF is found

Answer 3

Subarachnoid Space

Question 4

Where is CSF produced

Answer 4

In the choroid Plexuses in the Ventricles

Question 5

Dorsal (Posterior) nerve roots

Answer 5

Sensory

Question 6

Ventral (anterior) nerve roots

Answer 6

Motor

Question 7

Mater on the outside of the spinal cord

Answer 7

White Mater (funiculi)

Question 8

Mater of the inside of the spinal cord

Answer 8

Gray Mater

Question 9

What are the medulla oblongata, pons and midbrain collectively known as

Answer 9

The brain stem

Question 10

Part of the brain stem that attaches to the spinal cord

Answer 10

Medulla Oblongata

Question 11

Outside mater of the brain

Answer 11

Gray

Question 12

Inside mater of the brain

Answer 12

White

Question 13

Part of the brain that controls refers such as cardiac and vasomotor and reparatory center. As well as vomiting, coughing, sneezing, hiccuping, and swallowing

Answer 13

Medulla Oblongata

Question 14

“Little Brain” Muscle Movements, Body stability and balance, Planning movements, coordinates incoming sensory information

Answer 14

Cerebellum

Question 15

Two structures in the diencephalon

Answer 15

Hypothalamus and thalamus

Question 16

Part of the brain that aids in sense recognition and emotions as well as alertness

Answer 16

Thalamus

Question 17

Part of the brain that plays a major role in appetite

Answer 17

Hypothalamus

Question 18

Part of the brain that releases melatonin (responds to light levels)

Answer 18

Pineal Gland

Question 19

Deepest grove in the cerebrum

Answer 19

Longitudinal Fissure

Question 20

Regulates voluntary muscle movements

Answer 20

Basal Nuclei

Question 21

What side of the brain typically controls language, speaking, and writing

Answer 21

Left Hemisphere

Question 22

Language area of the left hemisphere

Answer 22

Broca’s Area

Question 23

Limbic System

Answer 23

Emotion

Question 24

Hemiplegia

Answer 24

Paralysis on one whole side of the body

Question 25

Paraplegia

Answer 25

Paralysis of both legs

Question 26

Huntingtons Disease

Answer 26

An inherited disease characteristic of involuntary movements followed by dementia and death

Question 27

Varient Creutzfeldt-Jakobs Disease (vCJD)

Answer 27

prion disease that reduces brain function

Question 28

Electroencephalography (EEG)

Answer 28

Measures brain waves