Chapter 1

Question 1

PNS

Answer 1

Peripheral Nervous system; collection of spinal and cranial nerves whose branches infiltrate almost all parts of the body, conveying messages to and from the CNS

Question 2

CNS

Answer 2

Central Nervous System; ensconced in the skull and vertebral column, is composed of the brain and the spinal cord

Question 3

General brain regions

Answer 3

Forebrain (cerebrum), hindbrain (cerebellum), brainstem

Question 4

Longitudinal fissure

Answer 4

separates cerebral hemispheres

Question 5

Forebrain major parts

Answer 5

cerebral hemispheres
diencephalon

Question 6

Sensory neurons

Answer 6

can directly detect senses
or can receive input form non neuronal cells

Question 7

Neuronal reach names

Answer 7

Interneurons are local
projection neurons have long reach

Question 8

Nuclei

Answer 8

Specific areas of grey matterWh

Question 9

White matter bundle names

Answer 9

fasciculus
funiculus
lemniscus
peduncle
tract

Question 10

Nissil Stain

Answer 10

stains Nissil bodies
contains ribosomes
not many along axons

Question 11

Axon hillock

Answer 11

cylindrical process that arises abruptly on one side of the neuron cell body
leads into the axon
can also arise off the side of the primary dendrite

Question 12

Anterograde v Retrograde

Answer 12

anterograde; transport away from the soma. Uses Kinesis.
retrograde; transport towards the soma. Uses Dynein.