Intro to NS

Question 1

Astrocytes

Answer 1

Glial cells for maintenance

Question 2

Microglia

Answer 2

Glial cells for surveillance

Question 3

Oligodendroxytes

Answer 3

make myelin in CNS

Question 4

Schwann cells

Answer 4

make myelin in PNS

Question 5

Brainstem

Answer 5

Medulla, pons, midbrain (regulate heart rate, breathing, blood; activate cerebral cortex, attention, consciousness, and sleep regulation)

Question 6

Cerebellum

Answer 6

Coordination, timing and precision of fine movements, motor learning of skilled tasks

Question 7

Diencephalon

Answer 7

Thalamus (relay station/sensory gate - olfactory) and Hypothalamus (control center for autonomic and endocrine system)

Question 8

Gray matter

Answer 8

neuron cell bodies; cortex = sulci and gyri, basal ganglia = motor gate, amygdala = emotional gate

Question 9

White matter

Answer 9

axons/dendrites grouped into tracts

Question 10

Lobes of cerebral hemispheres

Answer 10

Frontal, occipital, parietal, temporal (anterior = motor; posterior = sensory)

Question 11

Frontal lobe

Answer 11

motor cortices, Broca’s; prefrontal = executive brain controlling ROI (restraint, order, initiation)

Question 12

Parietal lobe

Answer 12

Perception of environment and body image, attention, language and analytical thinking (anterior = somatosensory sensations; posterior = sensory input from somatosensory, visual, auditory, and vestibular, Wernicke’s area)

Question 13

Temporal lobe

Answer 13

Language, emotion and memory (hippocampus), visual processing for object and pattern recognition, and high-order visual recognition

Question 14

Occipital

Answer 14

VISION

Question 15

Limbic system

Answer 15

Affective brain - responsible for emotional context