Nervous System

Question 1

Indentations found on the cerebrum of the brain

Answer 1

Sulcus

Question 2

Functions, such as, breathing and heart rate are controlled by this part of the brain

Answer 2

Medulla Oblongata

Question 3

This lobe processes information, such as, touch, pressure and pain

Answer 3

Parietal Lobe

Question 4

This cranial nerve controls neck movement

Answer 4

Cranial Accessory

Question 5

This structure allows for communication between the left and right hemispheres

Answer 5

Corpus Callosum

Question 6

This Lobe of the brain interpret sound and language

Answer 6

Temporal Lobe

Question 7

This part of the brain coordinates movement and motor learning

Answer 7

Cerebellum

Question 8

This part of the brain relays sensory and movement information from the body to the cerebrum and vice versa.

Answer 8

Thalamus

Question 9

This part of the brain controls, hunger, thirst and circadian rhythm

Answer 9

Hypothalamus

Question 10

This part of the brain stimulates breathing and controls sleep

Answer 10

Pons

Question 11

This part of the brain secretes hormones that can affect organs and glands

Answer 11

Pituitary Glands

Question 12

This part of the brain controls the flow of messages between the body and brain

Answer 12

Brain Stem

Question 13

What input is considered the tapping of the knee?

Answer 13

Sensory

Question 14

When the information goes to the central nervous system what is the purpose of it?

Answer 14

Integration

Question 15

The response or movement of the knee is considered

Answer 15

Motor output

Question 16

A neuron contains many fiber-like extensions called

Answer 16

Dendrites

Question 17

Site if regulation of water balance and body temperature

Answer 17

Hypothalamus

Question 18

Contains reflex centers involved in regulating respiratory rhythm in conjunction with lower brain Stem centers

Answer 18

Pons

Question 19

Responsible for the regulation for posture and coordination of skeletal muscle movements

Answer 19

Cerebellum

Question 20

Important relay station for afferent fibers traveling to the sensory cortex for interpretation

Answer 20

Medulla Oblongata

Question 21

Large fiber tract connecting the cerebral hemispheres

Answer 21

Corpus Callosum

Question 22

Shrugging the shoulders

Answer 22

Cranial Accessory

Question 23

Smelling a flower

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Olfactory

Question 24

Rising the eyelids and focusing the lens of the eye for accommodation; constriction of the eye pupils

Answer 24

Oculamotor

Question 25

Slows the heart; increases the mobility of the digestive tract

Answer 25

Vagus

Question 26

Involving in smiling

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Facial

Question 27

Involved in chewing food

Answer 27

Trigeminal

Question 28

Listening to music, seasickness

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Vestibulocochlear

Question 29

Secretion of saliva; tasting well-seasoned food

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Glossopharyngeal/Facial

Question 30

Involved in "rolling" the eyes

Answer 30

Trochlear, Abducens, Optic

Question 31

Feeling a toothache

Answer 31

Trigeminal

Question 32

Reading Tennis magazine or this study guide

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Optic

Question 33

Purely sensory

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Olfactory, Optic, vestibulocochlear

Question 34

Piercing the skin

Answer 34

Stimulus

Question 35

What tissue is the effector?

Answer 35

Muscle or gland tissue. Skeletal muscle

Question 36

How many synapses occur in this reflex arc?

Answer 36

2

Question 37

Releases neurotransmitters

Answer 37

Axon termital

Question 38

Conducts electrical currents toward the cell body

Answer 38

Dendrites

Question 39

Increases the speed of impulse transmission

Answer 39

Myelin sheath

Question 40

Location of the nucleus

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Cell body

Question 41

Generally conducts impulses away from the cell body

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Axon

Question 42

Rounded surfaces

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Gyrus

Question 43

Three parts of the nervous system

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1. Brain 2. Spinal cord 3. Neurons

Question 44

Includes brain and spinal cord

Answer 44

Central Nervous System

Question 45

Nerves that communicate motor and sensory signals between the CNS and the rest of the body

Answer 45

Peripheral Nervous System

Question 46

Overlapping Functions:

Answer 46

Sensory input, integration, motor output

Question 47

The transmitting cell

Answer 47

Presynaptic cell

Question 48

The target cell

Answer 48

Postsynaptic

Question 49

A vesicle at the top of presynaptic axon

Answer 49

Synaptic vesicles

Question 50

Chemical messengers that are contained in synaptic vesicles

Answer 50

Neurotransmitters

Question 51

Inside of the membrane

Answer 51

Negative charge

Question 52

Outside of membrane

Answer 52

Positive charge

Question 53

Causes by the movement of ions across the plasma membrane

Answer 53

Voltage change

Question 54

Voltage-gated ion channels situated in small gaps between Schwann cells in the axon

Answer 54

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