The Nervous System

Question 1

Structures of the central nervous system

Answer 1

brain and spinal cord

Question 2

Where is the spinal cord located?

Answer 2

Within the veterbratal column

Question 3

What is the peripheral nervous system

Answer 3

Everything aside from the brain and spinal cord (Nerves etc)

Question 4

Function of neurons

Answer 4

computation and communication between other neurons that allow for other cells to function

Question 5

Describe a glia cell

Answer 5

A cell that provides support neurons to preform their function

Question 6

Describe the structure of a neuron

Answer 6

A soma/cell body that leads to an axon and then dendrites

Question 7

Describe the difference between gray and white matter

Answer 7

Gray matter contains many cell bodies and dendrites while white matter has many axons

Question 8

Describe the cerebrum

Answer 8

The largest part of the brain separated into two hemispheres by the longitudinal fissure (SURFACE LEVEL)

Question 9

Function of the corpus callosum

Answer 9

Providing communication between the two hemispheres of the brain

Question 10

basal nuclei function

Answer 10

cognitive processing

Question 11

basal forebrain function

Answer 11

nuclei that are important in learning and memory

Question 12

limbic cortex funciton

Answer 12

part of the limbic system, a collection of structures involved in emotion, memory, and behavior

Question 13

Describe the cerebral cortex

Answer 13

The folded (gyri and sulcus) region of the cerebrum that functions in higher function

Question 14

Name the lobes of the brain

Answer 14

Parietal(Temporal), frontal, central, occipital

Question 15

Describe the diencephalaon

Answer 15

A structure deep within the brain that walls off the third ventricle that makes up the thalamus and hypothalumus

Question 16

Describe the thalamus

Answer 16

Nuclei that passes information between cerebral cortex, spinal cord, and brain stem.

Question 17

Describe the function of the thalumus

Answer 17

Sensory information aside from the sense of smell can be processed here.

Question 18

Describe the hypothalumus

Answer 18

Inferior and anterior to the thalumus that is also a collection of nuclei which function in in regulating homeostasis

Question 19

Desrcibe the function of the hypothalumus

Answer 19

Regulating homeostasis and is in charge of the autonomic nervous system and endocrine system through the anterior pituitary gland.
It’s also involved with memory and emotion in the limbic system

Question 20

Describe the brainstem

Answer 20

The midbrain and hindbrain(pons and medulla) that emerges from the vertsl surface of the forebrain that tapers down into the spinal cord.

Question 21

Describe the function of the brain stem

Answer 21

The midbrain regulates sensory information of visual, auditory, and somatosensory spaces
The pons is mainly functioned in connecting the brainstem with the cerebellum as well as regulating cardiovascular and resperitory systems

Question 22

Desrcribe the cerebellum

Answer 22

It’s essentially a smaller brain located on the inferior, posterior portion of the brain.

Question 23

Describe the function of the cerebellum

Answer 23

Comparing information from the cerebrum with sensory feedback

Question 24

Describe the structure of the spinal cord

Answer 24

A long, thick cord devided into various sections marked by external structures

Question 25

Where do axons enter the spinal cord?

Answer 25

through the posterior side through the dorsal nerve root or on the anterior side adjacents

Question 26

Describe the difference between anterior and posterior nerve roots in the spinal cord

Answer 26

The posterior region is responsible for sensory and the anterior region is responsible for motor function

Question 27

Describe the levels of the veterbratal column from superior to inferior

Answer 27

Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, and sacral

Question 28

Neurons