Nervous System Test Flashcards
(44 cards)
Coronal
Divides front/back
Sagittal
Divides left/right
Transverse
Divides up/down
Brain wave activity recorded with _____ - electroencephalogram.
EEG
Meninges attach to _______ _______ inside cranium.
Crista galli
Nerves can be ______, ________, or _______, neurons are single use.
Motor, sensory, or both
True or false:
Nerves sometimes regenerate in the PNS, not the CNS
True
Synapse definition
Junction of nerve with other nerve, muscle, or gland
Brain=
Cerebrum, cerebellum, brainstem
Brainstem=
Midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata
True or false:
Brainstem becomes spinal cord as it leaves through foramen magnum.
True
Brainstem: crossover of motor fibers happens at ____________.
Medulla oblongata
Gyrus= _________; sulcus= _________
Mound; groove
Balance and coordination
Cerebellum
Memory and reasoning
Cerebrum
Alertness/awareness, activates cerebral cortex into wakefulness
Reticular formation
Connect right and left hemispheres
Corpus callosum
Rearrangement/recombination of nerve fibers at several levels of the spinal nerves
Plexus
Emotion location
Limbic system
______ is a bundle of _________
Nerve; neurons
_______= single fiber
Neuron
_______ connects CNS to muscles and skin
Somatic
_________ connects CNS to viscera
Autonomic
__________= fight or flight
-noradrenaline is the main neurotransmitter
Sympathetic