Neurobiology 2

Question 1

Cerebral cortex

Answer 1

Function: higher level processing and process sensory stimuli and initiate motor response
location: prosencephalon, telencephalon

Question 2

hippocampus

Answer 2

function: learning and memory
location prosencephalon, telencephalon

Question 3

basal ganglia

Answer 3

function: voluntary control of movement, procedural learning
location: telencephalon, diencephalon, and mesencephalon

Question 4

Thalamus

Answer 4

function:relay station for input to the cerebral cortex
location: diencephalon

Question 5

hypothalamus

Answer 5

function: endocrine regulation, appetite, emotional behavior
location: diencephalon

Question 6

cerebellum

Answer 6

function: maintenance of posture and balance
location: metencephalon

Question 7

pons

Answer 7

function: facial movement, hearing, balance, respiration, sleep
location: metencephalon

Question 8

medulla

Answer 8

function: breathing, blood pressure, respiration
location: myelencephalon

Question 9

grey matter

Answer 9

mostly cell bodies and dendrites

Question 10

white matter

Answer 10

mostly axons

Question 11

dorsal branch

Answer 11

sensory/motor to the back

Question 12

ventral branch

Answer 12

sensory/motor to the ventral body wall, Limbs, and visceral organs

Question 13

dorsal root ganglia

Answer 13

location of spinally sensory nerons body

Question 14

dermatome

Answer 14

strip of skin where each spinal nerve is located

Question 15

ventral horn

Answer 15

location of spinal motor neurons body

Question 16

olfactory (1)

Answer 16

function: smell (sensory)
location: telencephalon

Question 17

optic (2)

Answer 17

function: vision (sensory)
location: diencephalon

Question 18

oculomotor (3) and trochlear (4)

Answer 18

function: eye movement (motor)
location: mesencephalon

Question 19

abducent (6)

Answer 19

function: eye movement (motor)
location: myelencephalon

Question 20

trigeminal (5)

Answer 20

Function: sensory to face and motor to chewing muscles (both)
location: metencephalon

Question 21

facial (7)

Answer 21

function: sensory to ear and motor to muscles of facial expression (both)
location: myelencephalon

Question 22

vestibulocochlear (8)

Answer 22

function: vestibular(balance) and cochlear (hearing) (2 sensory never that run together)
location: myelencephalon

Question 23

glossopharyngeal (9)

Answer 23

function: sensory and motor to mouth and throat
location: myelencephalon

Question 24

vagus (10)

Answer 24

function: sensory and motor to the viscera
location: myelencephalon

Question 25

spinal accessory (11)

Answer 25

function: motor to neck muscles location: myelencephalon

Question 26

hypoglossal (12)

Answer 26

function: motor to muscles of tongue location: myelencephalon

Question 27

dura mater

Answer 27

function: protection tough and fibrous outer layer

Question 28

Arachnoid mater

Answer 28

Function: cushioning, absorption of CSF spider web appearance

Question 29

pia mater

Answer 29

function: barrier, blood vessel penetration delicate membrane, follows the gyri and sulci of the brain

Question 30

epidural space

Answer 30

between bone and dura

Question 31

subdural space

Answer 31

potential space

Question 32

subarachnoid space

Answer 32

location of csf

Question 33

dorsal spinal artery

Answer 33

supplies dorsal white and grey matter

Question 34

ventral spinal artery

Answer 34

supplies ventral and lateral white and grey matter

Question 35

2 major veins of the spinal cord

Answer 35

dorsal spinal vein ventral spinal vein

Question 36

blood brain barrier

Answer 36

function: protect the neural tissue from pathogens and toxins in the bloodstream

Question 37

Choroid plexus

Answer 37

Located in lateral, third, and forth ventricles, uses a variety of pumps and channels to form csf from blood

Question 38

Cerebrospinal fluid functions

Answer 38

Protection/shock absorption Homeostasis Clearance of waste products

Question 39

Endonerium

Answer 39

Connective tissue around individual axons

Question 40

Perineurium

Answer 40

Connective tissue around bundles of axons

Question 41

Epineurium

Answer 41

Connective tissue around nerves

Question 42

Shwann cels

Answer 42

Myelinate axons

Question 43

Autonomic nervous system

Answer 43

Regulates involuntary physiologic processes

Question 44

Sympathetic nervous system

Answer 44

Fight, flight, fright

Question 45

Adrenal gland

Answer 45

Endocrine gland- releases chemical messengers into blood, controlled by sympathetic nerves

Question 46

Parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 46

Rest and digest (homeostasis)

Question 47

Enteric nervous system

Answer 47

Web-like series of nerons located in the wall of the intestine

Question 48

Ependymal cells

Answer 48

Line ventricles and central canal, forms blood brain barrier

Question 49

Oligodendrocytes

Answer 49

Insulation of cns neruon axon (1 can insulate 50 axons)

Question 50

Astrocytes

Answer 50

Structural support Form barrier between blood and neruons