Chapters 11-15

Question 1

Do you astrocytes provide a defense for the CNS

Answer 1

No

Question 2

What are ciliated CNS neuroglia that play an active role in moving the cerebrospinal fluid called

Answer 2

Ependymal cells

Question 3

Found in the retina of the eye

Answer 3

Bipolar neurons

Question 4

Neurons are mitotic

Answer 4

False

Question 5

Part of a neuron that conducts impulses away from the cell body

Answer 5

Axon

Question 6

An inpulse from one nerve cell is communicated to another nerve cell via the

Answer 6

Synapse

Question 7

The role of acetylcholinesterase

Answer 7

Destroy ACH a brief period after it’s released by the axon endings

Question 8

Innervation of skeletal muscle is a function of autonomic nervous system

Answer 8

Fals

Question 9

Collections of nerve cell bodies outside the central nervous system’s are called

Answer 9

Ganglia

Question 10

Schwan cells are functionally similar to

Answer 10

Oligodendrocytes

Question 11

Cerebellar white matter

Answer 11

Arbor vitae

Question 12

The brain stem consist of

Answer 12

Midbrain, medulla, pons

Question 13

The primary auditory cortex is located in the

Answer 13

Temporal lobe

Question 14

Cells that line the ventricles of the brain

Answer 14

Ependymal cells

Question 15

The subarachnoid space lies between what two layers of meninges

Answer 15

Arachnoid and pia

Question 16

The vital centers for the control of heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure are located in the

Answer 16

Medulla

Question 17

Which fissures separates the cerebral hemispheres

Answer 17

Longitudinal fissure

Question 18

The executive suite

Answer 18

The cerebrum

Question 19

A shallow grooves on the surface of the cortex

Answer 19

Sulcus

Question 20

The central sulcus separates which lobes

Answer 20

Frontal from parietal

Question 21

White matter of the spinal cord contains

Answer 21

Myelinated and unmyelinated nerve fibers

Question 22

Ridges of tissue on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres are called

Answer 22

Gyri

Question 23

The frontal lobe is separated from the Temporel lobe by the

Answer 23

Lateral sulcus

Question 24

Motor speech area

Answer 24

Broca’s area

Question 25

The brain area that regulates activities that control the state or alertness of the cerebral cortex

Answer 25

Reticular formation

Question 26

The patellar knee-jerk reflex is an example of

Answer 26

Stretch reflex

Question 27

Starting at the spinal cord, the subdivisions of the brachial plexus are

Answer 27

Roots, trunks, divisions, chords

Question 28

A major nerve of the lumbar plexus is the

Answer 28

femoral

Question 29

Spinal nerves exiting the cord from the level of L4 to S4 form the

Answer 29

Sacral plexus

Question 30

Pressure, pain, and temperature receptors in the skin

Answer 30

Exteroreceptors

Question 31

Potentially damaging stimuli that result in pain are selectively detected by

Answer 31

Nociceptors

Question 32

Nerves that carry impulses toward the CNS only are

Answer 32

Afferent nerves

Question 33

Cardiovascular effects of the sympathetic division include dilation of the blood vessels serving the skin and digestive viscera

Answer 33

False

Question 34

The resting and digesting division of the autonomic nervous system

Answer 34

Parasympathetic division

Question 35

Control of temperature, endocrine activity, and thirst are functions associated with the

Answer 35

Hypothalamus

Question 36

What appears to exert the most direct influence over autonomic function

Answer 36

Reticular formation

Question 37

What is a sympathetic function

Answer 37

Regulation of body temperature

Question 38

Parasympathetic functions include

Answer 38

Lens accommodation for close vision

Question 39

Emotions influence autonomic reactions primarily through integration in the

Answer 39

Hypothalamus

Question 40

Main function of the rods in the eye

Answer 40

Vision in dim light

Question 41

What structure regulates the amount of light passing to the visual receptors of the eye

Answer 41

Iris

Question 42

Receptors for hearing are located in the

Answer 42

Cochlea

Question 43

The receptor for static equilibrium is the

Answer 43

Macula

Question 44

Farsightedness is more properly called

Answer 44

HyperOpia

Question 45

70% of all sensory receptors are located in the

Answer 45

Eye

Question 46

Taste buds are not found

Answer 46

In filiform papillae

Question 47

The receptor membranes of gustatory cells are

Answer 47

Gustatory hairs