Nervous System 2

Question 1

What are the components of the nervous system

Answer 1

Central nervous system

Peripheral nervous system

Question 2

In the CNS what are the three major components that make it up

Answer 2

Brain, brainstem, diecephalon, spinal cord

Question 3

What are the two parts of the brain

Answer 3

Cerebrum, cerebellum

Question 4

What are the two parts of the diencephalon

Answer 4

Thalamus, hypothalamus

Question 5

What are the components of the brain stem

Answer 5

Medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain

Question 6

What part of the brain is composed of neuron cell bodies and their dendrites

Answer 6

Grey matter

Question 7

Where can grey matter be found

Answer 7

Cortex of cerebrum
Nuclei
Central area of the spinal cord

Question 8

What are neuronal axons with their myelin sheathes and found in every region of the CNS

Answer 8

White matter

Question 9

What has a left and right hemisphere and the outer layer is made of grey matter

Answer 9

Cerebrum

Question 10

What are numerous folds formed by grooves and greatly increases surface area which are elevated folds= gyri or depressed grooves= sulci of the cerebrum

Answer 10

Convolutions of the cerebrum

Question 11

What is subdivided into 5 lobes by deep sulci fissures in the brain

Answer 11

Cerebral cortex

Question 12

What are the five lobes of the cerebral cortex

Answer 12

Frontal
Parietal
Temporal 
Occipital
Insula

Question 13

The structure that is a pathway of axons that connects the hemispheres
• axons go in both directions

Answer 13

Corpus callosum

Question 14

The specialization of function in one hemisphere or the other hemisphere

Answer 14

Cerebral dominance

Question 15

What hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is about language & analytical ability

Answer 15

Left hemisphere

Question 16

What hemisphere of the cerebral cortex is about visual-spatial ability

Answer 16

Right hemisphere

Question 17

What are continuously communicating with each other thru the corpus callosum

Answer 17

Hemispheres

Question 18

What are the major areas for sensory perception and voluntary motor control in the cortex

Answer 18

By their position to the central sulcus

Question 19

What is the part of the sulcus that is anterior to central sulcus and the most posterior part of frontal lobe

Answer 19

Pre - central sulcus area

Question 20

What is the part of the sulcus that is posterior to central sulcus and the most anterior part of parietal lobe

Answer 20

Post central sulcus area

Question 21

Of the known cerebral functions which one voluntary motor control of the skeletal system muscles

Answer 21

Frontal

Question 22

Of the known cerebral functions which one has somatesthethic interpretation; understanding speech and formulating words to express thoughts and emotions

Answer 22

Parietal

Question 23

Of the known cerebral functions which one has interpretation of auditory sensations; storage (memory) of auditory and visual experiences

Answer 23

Temporal

Question 24

Of the known cerebral functions which one is the integration of movements in focusing the eye; correlation of visual images with previous visual experiences and other sensory stimuli

Answer 24

Occipital

Question 25

Of the known cerebral functions which one is memory; sensory (principally pain) and visceral integration is called

Answer 25

Insula

Question 26

The strip of cortex that runs medial to lateral and found in both hemispheres. The amount of cortex is based on the number of sensory receptors a specific area the body has

Answer 26

Post central sulcus area

Question 27

The strip of cortex that runs medial to lateral and found in both hemispheres. The amount of cortex is based on how much fine control a muscle has

Answer 27

Pre-central sulcus

Question 28

What part of the brain coordinates and smoothes out muscle movements. The movements are initiated by the motor cortex of the cerebral cortex. Regulates balance.

Answer 28

Cerebellum

Question 29

What is the inner or central area of the brain

Answer 29

Diencephalon

Question 30

What are the two divisions of the diencephalon

Answer 30

Thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 31

In the diencephalon which part is the gateway and acts like a relay station

Answer 31

Thalamus

Question 32

In the diencephalon which part regulates body homeostasis and is the primary controller of the pituitary gland, temp control, thirst control, water control thru kidney

Answer 32

Hypothalamus