Chapter 5

Question 1

the brain is composed of the two cerebral hemispheres and the

Answer 1

brain stem

Question 2

the ______ nerve is the 10th cranial nerve; it is the longest cranial nerve, and it conducts signals to and from the organs of the gut

Answer 2

vagus

Question 3

together, the diencephalon, mesen, mete, and myel, compose the ___

Answer 3

brain stem

Question 4

the toughest menynx is the ____

Answer 4

dura mater

Question 5

connecting the 3rd and 4th ventricles is the cerebral ____

Answer 5

aqueduct

Question 6

cerebrospinal fluid flows through the _____ space, the space between the arachnoid membrane and the pia mater

Answer 6

suparachoid

Question 7

the pia mater adheres to the surface of the____ nervous system

Answer 7

central

Question 8

the spinal cord has no ventricles; instead it has the

Answer 8

central canal

Question 9

the _____ is located in the 3rd ventricle and connects the left and right diencephalon

Answer 9

massa intermedia

Question 10

the _____ ventricles are the two ventricles of the cerebral hemispheres

Answer 10

lateral

Question 11

the inner menynx is the ___

Answer 11

pia mater

Question 12

when babies are born with tumors near the cerebral aqueduct ______ is often the result

Answer 12

hydrocephalus

Question 13

the most posterior area as nerves are to

Answer 13

myelencephalon

Question 14

there are ____ pairs of cranial nerves

Answer 14

12

Question 15

the corpus callous is the largest cerebral

Answer 15

commissure

Question 16

tracts are to nuclei as nerves are to

Answer 16

ganglia

Question 17

the ____ fissure divides the two cerebral hemispheres

Answer 17

longitudinal

Question 18

the olfactory, optic, and vestibulocohlear nerves are the three pairs of purely _____ cranial nerves

Answer 18

sensory

Question 19

the motor fibers of the cranial nerves are considered to be part of the _____ division of the autonomic nervous system

Answer 19

parasymphathetic

Question 20

together, the two cerebral hemispheres compose the

Answer 20

telencephalon

Question 21

the _____ nerve is the 5th cranial nerve; it has three major branches which carry signals to and from face

Answer 21

trigeminal

Question 22

tracts and nerves are composed mainly of

Answer 22

axons

Question 23

the two cerebral ventricles that are located on the midline of the brain are the ____ & _____ ventricles

Answer 23

third. fourth

Question 24

the plural of menynx is

Answer 24

meninges