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Question 1

_________ carry signals to your muscles or glands to help you move and function

Answer 1

Motor impulses

Question 2

_________ carry signals to your brain to help you touch, taste, smell and see

Answer 2

Sensory impulses

Question 3

Send electrical signals between your brain, spinal cord and the rest of your body

Answer 3

Spinal nerves

Question 4

Name the twelve cranial nerves

Answer 4

Olfactory nerve
Optic nerve
Oculomotor nerve
Trochlear nerve
Trigeminal nerve
Abducens nerve
Facial nerve
Vestibulocochlear nerve
Glossopharyngeal nerve
Vagus nerve
Accessory nerve
Hypoglossal nerve

Question 5

Is composed of all the nerves outside of the brain and spinal cord

Answer 5

Peripheral nervous system (PNS)

Question 6

Transmits sensory information from the periphery to the CNS

Answer 6

Sensory (Afferent)

Question 7

Transmits motor commands from the CNS to the periphery

Answer 7

Motor (Efferent)

Question 8

Voluntary motor control of skeletal muscles

Answer 8

Somatic

Question 9

Involuntary motor control of smooth and cardiac muscle

Answer 9

Autonomic

Question 10

Fight or flight response

Answer 10

Sympathetic

Question 11

Rest and digest response

Answer 11

Parasympathetic

Question 12

Nerve that transmits information about smell to the brain

Answer 12

Olfactory nerve

Question 13

Nerve that transmits information to the brain about vision

Answer 13

Optic nerve

Question 14

Nerve that helps control muscle movements of the eyes

Answer 14

Oculomotor nerve

Question 15

The second nerve that helps control muscle movements of the eyes

Answer 15

Trochlear nerve

Question 16

Helps a person to chew and clench the teeth. It also gives sensation to the forehead, eye, upper jaw and lower jaw

Answer 16

Trigeminal nerve

Question 17

The third nerve that helps control muscle movements of the eyes

Answer 17

Abducens nerve

Question 17

Nerve that transmits taste for anterior 2/3 of tongue and helps with movement in the muscles of facial expression

Answer 17

Facial nerve

Question 18

The nerve that helps with a person’s hearing and balance

Answer 18

Vestibulocochlear nerve

Question 19

Nerve that helps with movement in the trapezius and sternocleidomastoid muscles

Answer 19

Accessory nerve

Question 19

Nerve that transmits taste from posterior 1/3 tongue and helps with movement in the pharynx muscles

Answer 19

Glossopharyngeal nerve

Question 20

The nerve that transmits sensory information to the the larynx and helps with movement in the pharynx and larynx

Answer 20

Vagus nerve

Question 21

The nerve that helps with the movement in the muscles of the tongue

Answer 21

Hypoglossal nerve

Question 22

Cranial nerve mnemonic

Answer 22

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Question 23

________ of spinal nerves that carry information through the PNS

Answer 23

31 pairs

Question 24

Spinal nerves can be identified based __________

Answer 24

On a letter and a number The letter refers to the region of the spinal cord, the number refers to the level

Question 25

Once the spinal nerves exit the vertebral column, fibres from the _______ come together and then redistribute into new networks of nerves

Answer 25

Anterior roots

Question 26

___________ has its cell body within the CNS

Answer 26

The preganglionic neuron

Question 26

Each ______ contains fibres from a combination of spinal nerves

Answer 26

Plexus

Question 27

___________ is where the preganglionic and postganglionic neurons meet and communicate

Answer 27

The autonomic ganglion

Question 28

_____________ is entirely in the PNS

Answer 28

The postganglionic neuron

Question 29

Orgin of the Sympathetic Nervous System

Answer 29

Spinal cord segment T1-L2

Question 30

Origin of the Parasympathetic Nervous System

Answer 30

Brainstem and spinal cord segment S2-S4

Question 31

This gland produces tears

Answer 31

Lacrimal Gland

Question 32

Control the opening and closing of the eye

Answer 32

Eyelid

Question 33

Allow you to move your eyes to increase your range of motion

Answer 33

Extrinsic Eye Muscles

Question 34

Composed of the anterior and posterior chambers, both of which are filled with aqueous humour

Answer 34

Anterior Cavity

Question 35

The _____ separates the anterior cavity of the eye from the posterior cavity

Answer 35

Lens

Question 36

Filled with vitreous humour

Answer 36

The posterior compartment

Question 37

Made up of photoreceptors

Answer 37

Neural Layer

Question 38

Area where smaller nerve cell axons converge. It is the location we can see when we look into the eye

Answer 38

The optic disc

Question 39

The _____ is the central area of the retina

Answer 39

macula

Question 40

The _______ contains the blood vessels that supply the eye with oxygen and nourishment

Answer 40

choroid

Question 41

The _______ produces aqueous humor

Answer 41

ciliary body

Question 42

Contains the sphincter and dilator muscles and the colour of our eye

Answer 42

Iris

Question 43

Represents the structure of the ear that you can touch

Answer 43

External ear

Question 44

Located within the temporal bone

Answer 44

Middle ear

Question 45

Small bones located in the middle ear

Answer 45

Ossicles

Question 46

Chamber in the temporal bone

Answer 46

Tympanic Cavity

Question 47

Areas at which the middle ear connects to the inner ear

Answer 47

Round and Oval Windows

Question 48

Connects the middle ear to the nasopharynx

Answer 48

Eustachian Tubes

Question 49

Contains the receptors for hearing. It looks like a seashell

Answer 49

Cochlea