Nervous System & Muskuloskeletal System Study Guide

Question 1

True or False:

The cerebrum, which is the the largest division in the brain, is divided into four hemispheres. ______

Answer 1

False

Question 2

How many brain lobes do we have in our brain

Answer 2

We had 4 brain lobes in our brain

Question 3

Which brain lobe plays a role in proprioception?

Answer 3

Parietal lobe

Question 4

Which lobe contributes to hearing?

Answer 4

Temporal lobe

Question 5

Which brain lobe helps with sight?

Answer 5

Occipital lobe

Question 6

Which lobe contributes to emotions and personality?

Answer 6

Frontal lobe

Question 7

What are the parts of the Central Nervous System, and what are their functions?

Answer 7

The brain and the spinal cord. The brain is the central command center organ and it controls “complex” decisions. The spinal cord helps with simple decisions and information transmission

Question 8

What are the parts of the Peripheral Nervous System?

Answer 8

Somatic and Autonomic

Question 9

sensory information & voluntary movement.

Answer 9

Somatic

Question 10

Sympathetic - increases support increased physical activity.

Parasympathetic - increases support decreases physical activity.

Answer 10

Autonomic

Question 11

Base unit that has very simple function – “decide” whether to transmit signal or not

Answer 11

Nerve

Question 12

Collection of cell bodies and dendrites

Answer 12

Ganglia

Question 13

What do Glial cells do?

Answer 13

Support and assist neurons

Question 14

About how many neurons does a human have?

Answer 14

About 100 billion

Question 15

System of bones which are alive

Answer 15

Skeleton

Question 16

The _____ is a skeleton inside the body.

Answer 16

Endoskeleton

Question 17

What do bones protect?

Answer 17

Organs

Question 18

True or False:

Bones provide support for your body and make it possible to sit and stand.

Answer 18

True

Question 19

The soft tissue in the center of bones.

Answer 19

marrow

Question 20

Dense and hard bone with no visible spaces

Answer 20

Compact bone

Question 21

How many bones are in a regular adult human body?

Answer 21

206 bones

Question 22

What type of joint are the shoulders and hips?

Answer 22

Ball and socket joint

Question 23

What type of joint is the wrist?

Answer 23

Gliding Joint

Question 24

What type of joint are the elbow and knee

Answer 24

Hinge joint

Question 25

A place where two or more bones connect

Answer 25

Joint

Question 26

A joint that doesn't move or has very little movement and protects important internal organs.

Answer 26

Fixed joint

Question 27

The function of a neuron is to...

Answer 27

Decide whether to transmit a signal or not

Question 28

Where does the neuron receive information

Answer 28

Dendrites

Question 29

Approximately how many neurons are in our body?

Answer 29

About 100 billion

Question 30

________/________ creates functions independently (parallel processing)

Answer 30

Systems/circuits

Question 31

Chemical message are sent through what

Answer 31

Synopsis

Question 32

What are the spaces between the myelin sheath called?

Answer 32

Nodes of Ranvier

Question 33

_________-sensory information & voluntary movement

Answer 33

Somatic

Question 34

_________- Produce myelin, nourishment, repair, waste disposal, etc.

Answer 34

Glial cells

Question 35

What makes“Simple decisions” passed to “higher” levels for that add additional information to create generate more complex decisions (hierarchical processing).

Answer 35

Neurons

Question 36

The ________ is mostly made of the muscles that allow a body to move and be flexible.

Answer 36

The muscular system

Question 37

How many muscles are in the human body? _________

Answer 37

More than 600

Question 38

What are three types of muscles

Answer 38

Smooth muscle, cardiac muscle and skeletal muscle

Question 39

The ________ bends the joint and the ________ straightens the joins.

Answer 39

Flexor, extender

Question 40

What connects muscle to bones?

Answer 40

Tendons

Question 41

What connects bones to bones?

Answer 41

Ligaments

Question 42

What is a muscle injury in which a muscle is overstretched or torn?

Answer 42

Strain

Question 43

What condition causes skeletal muscles to becomes weaker over time?

Answer 43

Muscular Dystrophy

Question 44

What condition causes tendons to become inflamed or torn?

Answer 44

Tendinitis