My second test

Question 1

what type of central nervous system glial cell regulates interstiatial fluid and helps form the blood brain barrier

Answer 1

astrocyte

Question 2

most common type of neuron in the body

Answer 2

multipolar neuron

Question 3

name specific location in the spinal cord where you would expect to find somatic motor nuclei

Answer 3

ventral gray horn

Question 4

two cranial nerves that innervate one or more of the muscles that move the eyeball

Answer 4

abducens nerve
CNIII

Question 5

where is the primary somatosensory cortex located in the brain

Answer 5

postcentral gyrus

Question 6

what is term used to describe a specific region of the body surface that is monitored by a pair of spinal nerves

Answer 6

dermatome

Question 7

what term is used to describe a collection of neuronal cell bodies in the peripheral nervous system

Answer 7

ganglion

Question 8

what is the primary function of cranial nerve I

Answer 8

sense of smell

Question 9

wehre do most upper motor neurons decussate

Answer 9

medulla oblongata

Question 10

mixed nerve is

Answer 10

nerve contains both sensory and motor neurons

Question 11

motor neurons exit the spinal cord via the

Answer 11

ventral root

Question 12

dorsal root ganglia contain the cell bodies of

Answer 12

first order sensory neurons

Question 13

the brain and spinal cord can generate

Answer 13

motor output in response to sensory input

Question 14

brain is part of the central NS, but cranial nerves are part of the

Answer 14

peripheral NS

Question 15

two main divisons of the peripheral NS are the

Answer 15

afferent and efferent

Question 16

motor efferent divison includes both the

Answer 16

somatic and autonomic

Question 17

artistic and musical tasks tend to rely on centers in the

Answer 17

right cerebral hemisphere

Question 18

ALS involes progressive degeneration of

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upper and lower motor neurons

Question 19

memories of learned movment patterns are stored in the

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premotor cortex

Question 20

blink reflex can be called

Answer 20

innate reflex
somatic reflex
cranial reflex

Question 21

inferior colliculi integrate

Answer 21

sensory info to initate reflex responses to auditory input

Question 22

somatosensory association are takes up the vast majority of the ____ of the cerebrum

Answer 22

parietal lobe

Question 23

association fibers are myelinated axons that connect

Answer 23

regions within the same cerebral hemispheres

Question 24

sensory neuron enters the spinal cord, it is simultaneously synapse with a motor neuron and one or more internuerons this is

Answer 24

divergence

Question 25

___ are responsible for monitoring neuronal health and phagocytizing microbes and cellular debris in the central nervous sytem

Answer 25

microglia

Question 26

chemical synapse, neurotransmitters bind to receptors on a neurons

Answer 26

dendrites

Question 27

cell bodies of third order neurons in snensory tracts are concentrated within the

Answer 27

thalamus

Question 28

cell bodies of upper motor neurons reside in the

Answer 28

primary motor cortex

Question 29

inferior tip of the spinal cord is called the

Answer 29

conus medullaris

Question 30

vagus nerves give rise to the

Answer 30

majority of preganglionic fibers in the parasympathetic nervous system

Question 31

happen if someone actually lacked a cerebllum

Answer 31

poor coordination of voluntary muscle activity

Question 32

around the spinal cord, cerebrospinal fluid circulates in a space that is between the

Answer 32

pia mater and arachnoid mater

Question 33

sciatic and pudendal nerves are branches of the ____ plexus

Answer 33

sacral

Question 34

following is a response associated with the parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 34

increase in stomach secretions

Question 35

layer of connectinv tissue surrounding a nerve fascicle is called the

Answer 35

perineurium

Question 36

cerebral aqueduct connects the ___ to the _____

Answer 36

third ventricle; fourth ventricle

Question 37

hypothalamus produces

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emotions and behavioral drives

Question 38

hypothalamus helps to monitor and regulate

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core body temp

Question 39

hypothalamus initiates uterine muscles to

Answer 39

contract during labor through production of

Question 40

hypothalamus subconsciously controls muscles contractions associated with

Answer 40

intense emotions

Question 41

epinephrine is secreted to increased activity of the

Answer 41

sympathetic nervous system

Question 42

sympathetic divison of the autonomi nervous system is characterized by

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short preganglionic fibers

Question 43

pons relays info to and from the

Answer 43

cerebellum

Question 44

pain relief occurs very quickly with a

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spinal and more slowly with an epidural

Question 45

epidurals often involve the use of

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a catheter for future doses

Question 46

spinals must be injected inferior to

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L2

Question 47

spinals are injected into the

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subarachnoid space

Question 48

proprioceptive info conveyed by the spinocerebellar tracts is processed in the

Answer 48

ipsilateral cerebellum