CNS Flashcards
____ responsible for half of body’s glucose consumption
Brain
Oxygen pass _____ across blood brain barrier
Freely
Progressive hypoglycemia leads to _______, ___ and ___
Confusion
Unconsciousness
Death
______ move glucose from plasma into the brain interstitial fluid
Membrane transporter
Cerebrospinal fluid are made in______
Choroid plexus
Simplified function of back , top and front of cerebrum
Back: perception
Top: movement
Front: thinking
Neural tube develop from which embryonic tissue?
Ectoderm
Brain develop ___ weeks after conception
2
Dendrite conduct signal _____ the cell body
Axon conduct signal _____ from cell body
Toward
Away
Gray matter consists of _____ cell bodies, dendrites, and axon terminal
Unmyelinated
White matter is mostly ____ axons an contains very few _____
Myelinated
Cell bodies
Meninges lies between ____ and ____ of the CNS
Bones
Tissues
Name 3 meninges layer from bone toward neural tissue
Dura mater
Arachnoid mater
Pia mater
Dura mater consist of 2 layers of __________ tissue, fused except for dural sinus
Fibrous connective
Dura mater has 2 layers, _____ which is attached to the bone, and _______ which covers the brain
Periosteal layer
Meningeal layer