module 3

Question 1

made up of cranial and spinal nerves

Answer 1

PNS

Question 2

nerves that leave the underside of the brain

Answer 2

cranial

Question 3

nerves which connect to the sides of the spinal cord at each vertebra

Answer 3

spinal

Question 4

includes the motor neurons that operate the skeletal muscle and the sensory neurons that bring info into the CNS from the body and the outside world

Answer 4

somatic nervous system

Question 5

controls smooth muscle , the glands, the heart, and other organs

Answer 5

autonomic nervous system

Question 6

branch of the autonomic nervous system that activates the body in ways to help it cope with demands such as emotional stress and psychological emergencies

Answer 6

sympathetic nervous system

Question 7

ANS branch that slows down the activity of most organs to conserve energy but also activates digestion to renew energy

Answer 7

parasympathetic nervous system

Question 8

towards the front of the body/brain

Answer 8

anterior

Question 9

towards the back of the body/brain

Answer 9

posterior

Question 10

towards the top of the body/brain

Answer 10

superior

Question 11

towards the bottom of the body/brain

Answer 11

inferior

Question 12

toward the middle of the body/brain

Answer 12

medial

Question 13

towards the sides (away from the middle)

Answer 13

lateral

Question 14

towards the front of the spinal cord (towards the nose)

Answer 14

rostral

Question 15

towards the back of the spinal cord (towards the tail)

Answer 15

caudal

Question 16

towards the front of the spinal cord (stomach) and towards to the top side of the brain

Answer 16

dorsal

Question 17

towards the back of the spinal cord (back) towards the bottom of the brain

Answer 17

ventral

Question 18

plane that divides the body into ventral and dorsal

Answer 18

coronal

Question 19

plane that divides body into top and bottom (3 options)

Answer 19

transverse
axial
horizontal

Question 20

plane that divides body and brain into left and right

Answer 20

sagittal

Question 21

same side of the body

Answer 21

ipsilateral

Question 22

opposite of the body

Answer 22

contralateral

Question 23

first meninges layer right below the skull

toughest layer

Answer 23

dura mater

Question 24

meninges layer below the first layer

comprised of connective tissues

Answer 24

arachnoid mater

Question 25

meninge layer where cerebral spinal fluid flows

Answer 25

subarachnoid space

Question 26

ultrathin transparent meninge layer that clings to every contour of the brain and spinal cord tissue

Answer 26

pia mater

Question 27

what makes up the hindbrain

Answer 27

the cerebellum and brain stem

Question 28

structure responsible for fine motor coordination and learned motor associations

Answer 28

cerebellum

Question 29

what is the homunculus

Answer 29

used to help visualize what portion of a cortex receives info from each part of body

Question 30

reorganization of the brain in response to experience or sensory stimulation

Answer 30

plasticity

Question 31

cells in the ventricles of the brain that produces the cerebral spinal fluid

Answer 31

choroid plexus