CNS & PNS Quiz

Question 1

central nervous system

Answer 1

brain and spinal cord

Question 2

cns tract

Answer 2

bundle of axons

Question 3

cns nucleus

Answer 3

group of cell bodies in the cns

Question 4

peripheral nervous system

Answer 4

nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord

Question 5

pns nerve

Answer 5

bundle of axons

Question 6

pns ganglion

Answer 6

group of cell bodies in the pns

Question 7

How does the cns form?

Answer 7

the cns forms as a hollow tube during development and develops into the forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, spinal cord

Question 8

What does the cns include?

Answer 8

forebrain, midbrain, hindbrain, and spinal cord

Question 9

What is the ridge on a brain?

Answer 9

gyrus

Question 10

What is the groove on a brain?

Answer 10

sulcus or fissure

Question 11

outer cortex

Answer 11

gray matter

Question 12

inner cortex

Answer 12

white matter

Question 13

frontal lobe

Answer 13

largest of the brain involves personality, decision-making, and movement, and broca’s area

Question 14

parietal lobe

Answer 14

middle of the brain, next to frontal, interprets pain, identifying objects,

Question 15

temporal lobe

Answer 15

under the frontal lobe, short term memory, speech, auditory processing

Question 16

occipital lobe

Answer 16

in the back of the brain and is responsible for vision

Question 17

What do meninges do?

Answer 17

cushions the brain and spinal cord with the dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater

Question 18

What do ventricles do?

Answer 18

protect the brain with cerebrospinal fluid

Question 19

hydrocephalus

Answer 19

too much cerebrospinal fluid in the brain

Question 20

somatic nervous system

Answer 20

operates the muscles of the body and the sensory neurons that
bring information into the central nervous system.

Question 21

autonomic nervous system

Answer 21

regulates general body activity and internal activity like organs

Question 22

How is the autonomic nervous system separated?

Answer 22

the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system

Question 23

sympathetic nervous system

Answer 23

copes with arousal and demands like flight or fight

Question 24

parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 24

helps the body calm down and restore energy

Question 25

Proliferation

Answer 25

the birth and division of new neurons

Question 26

migration

Answer 26

neurons travel along radial glia to their destinations

Question 27

circuit formation

Answer 27

neurons send processes
to target cells and form functional connections

Question 28

hypothalumus

Answer 28

body temperature, synchronizes sleep patterns, controls hunger and thirst and also plays a role in some aspects of memory and emotion.

Question 29

cerebellum

Answer 29

function is to coordinate voluntary muscle movements and to maintain posture, balance and equilibrium

Question 30

medulla

Answer 30

Functions of the medulla regulate many bodily activities, including heart rhythm, breathing, blood flow, and oxygen and carbon dioxide levels. vomiting, sneezing , coughing

Question 31

pons

Answer 31

tear production, chewing, blinking, focusing vision, balance, hearing and facial expression.