Nervous System

Question 1

What 2 division make up the nervous system and what do they contain?

Answer 1

Central Nervous System - Brain/Spinal Cord Peripheral Nervous System - Nerves and Ganglia

Question 2

What makes up the peripheral nervous system?

Answer 2

Nerves inside and outside the brain and spinal cord

Question 3

How many nerves in the peripheral nervous system?

Answer 3

31 spinal nerve pairs and 12 cranial nerve pairs

Question 4

What does the autonomic function of the PNS do?

Answer 4

Keep us alive - breathing, digestion - increases if we need it.

Question 5

What does the saggital anatomical plane look at the brain?

Answer 5

ear on.

Question 6

What does the parasympathetic function of the PNS do?

Answer 6

Lowers heart rate, respiration, BP

Question 7

What does the coronal anatomical plane look at the brain?

Answer 7

Face on

Question 8

What does the tranverse anatomical plane look at the brain?

Answer 8

Head down

Question 9

What is double dissociation?

Answer 9

Increase in skill functioning to the detriment of another i.e motor skills and perceptual skills in dementia.

Question 10

What’s the difference between the mind and the brain?

Answer 10

The mind is a product of the brain.

Question 11

What are the three main approaches to studying the brain?

Answer 11

Cognitive psychology (networks of neurons), cognitive neuroscience (imaging, more technical brain activity, cognitive neuropsychology (experimental clinical approach - deficits/impairments).

Question 12

A

Answer 12

Rostral

Question 13

B

Answer 13

Doral (superior)

Question 14

C

Answer 14

Dorsal (posterior)

Question 15

D

Answer 15

Ventral (anterior)

Question 16

E

Answer 16

Ventral (inferior)

Question 17

F

Answer 17

Caudal