1.1 Nervous System: Introduction

Question 1

What is the study of anatomy?

Answer 1

structure of the body

Question 2

What is the study of physiology?

Answer 2

function of the body

Question 3

What does the physiology of the body depend on?

Answer 3

anatomy

Question 4

What is the nervous systems function?

Answer 4

to receive information, process information, and send signals to muscles and glands to elicit a response

Question 5

What is nervous tissue responsible for?

Answer 5

communication between cells of the body by forming a system of electrical impulses

Question 6

What are the two main divisions of the human nervous system?

Answer 6

central nervous system
peripheral nervous system

Question 7

What does the CNS include?

Answer 7

brain
spinal cord

Question 8

What is the purpose of the skull?

Answer 8

to protect the brain

Question 9

What is the purpose of the vertebrae?

Answer 9

protect the spinal cord

Question 10

What is the CNS able to do?

Answer 10

send and receive signals or impulses to the peripheral nervous sytem

Question 11

What are nuclei in regards to the CNS?

Answer 11

collections of cell bodies inside of the CNA

Question 12

What are tracts in regards to the CNS?

Answer 12

collection of nerve axons in the CNS

Question 13

What encompasses the peripheral nervous system?

Answer 13

all nerves not in the brain or spinal cord

Question 14

What are the two subset of nerves that are in the PNS?

Answer 14

cranial and spinal nerves

Question 15

What makes up the brain stem?

Answer 15

midbrain
pons
medulla

Question 16

Where do cranial nerves project from?

Answer 16

brainstem

Question 17

Where do spinal nerves project from?

Answer 17

either side of the spinal cord

Question 18

What do cranial nerves generally innervate?

Answer 18

face
head
neck

Question 19

What do the spinal nerves generally innervate?

Answer 19

trunk and extremities

Question 20

What are ganglia in regards to the PNS?

Answer 20

collections of cell bodies inside the PNS