CH 2 Flashcards
(43 cards)
THE MIDDLE SPONGY LAYER OF THE MENINGES
ARACHNOID MATTER
NERVES THAT CONTROL THE VISCERAL ORGANS AND INVOLUNTARY MUSCLES
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM
A SET OF MECHANISMS THAT PREVENT THE BLOOD SYSTEM FROM DIRECTLY CONTACTING THE CSF
BLOOD-BRAIN BARRIER
THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
THE CONVOLUTED SURFACE LAYER OF THE BRAIN
CEREBRAL CORTEX
A NARROW TUBE IN THE BRAIN STEM CONNECTING THE THIRD VENTRICLE WITH THE FOURTH VENTRICLE
CEREBRAL AQUEDUCT
ONE OF THE TWO HALVES OF THE FOREBRAIN
CEREBRAL HEMISPHERE
THE EXTRACELLULAR FLUID FORMED IN THE VENTRICLES THAT SURROUNDS, PROTECTS AND NOURISHES CELLS IN THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
CEREBROSPINAL FLUID (CSF)
SPONGY, HIGHLY VASCULARIZED TISSUE IN THE VENTRICLES THAT PRODUCE CSF
CHOROID PLEXUS
A NEURAL PATHWAY CONNECTING THE SAME LOCATIONS IN EACH HEMISPHERE
COMMISSURE
THE MOST POSTERIOR DIVISION OF THE FOREBRAIN
DIENCEPHALON
THE TOUGH OUTERMOST LAYER OF THE MENINGES
DURA MATER
A CAVITY FOUND WITHIN THE DURA THAT COLLECTS USED CSF
DURAL SINUS
GLIAL CELLS THAT LINE THE BRAIN VENTRICLES
EPENDYMAN CELLS
DEEP VALLEYS IN THE SURFACE OF THE BRAIN
FISSURE
A REGION IN THE PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM WHERE CELLS BODIES OF NEURONS ARE LOCATED
GANGLION
A RIDGE OF CORTICAL TISSUE (A CONVOLUTION)
GYRUS
THE FISSURE THAT SEPARATES THE TEMPORAL LOBE FROM THE REST OF THE BRAIN
LATERAL FISSURE
A DEEP VALLEY THAT DIVIDES THE BRAIN INTO TWO HEMISPHERES
LONGITUDINAL FISSURE
A SERIES OF THREE TISSUE LAYERS THAT COVER AND PROTECT THE BRAIN
MENINGES
THE MIDDLE DIVISION IN THE BRAIN
MESENCEPHELON
THE ANTERIOR DIVISION OF THE HINDBRAIN
METENCEPHELON
THE MOST POSTERIOR DIVISION OF THE HINDBRAIN
MYELENCEPHELON
THE BRANCH OF THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM THAT PRESERVES ENERGY IN THE BODY AND PROMOTES RELATION
PARASYMPATHETIC NERVOUS SYSTEM