Basic Deck

Question 1

How wide is a neuron?

Answer 1

10x10^-6m

Question 2

What is the volume of the human brain?

Answer 2

1300 cc (cm^3)

Question 3

What are dendrites?

Answer 3

part of the neuron that receives most inputs

Question 4

What is the soma?

Answer 4

Cell body of the neuron

Question 5

What is the axon?

Answer 5

Part of the neuron that carries most outputs

Question 6

What are the components of the meninges?

Answer 6

Dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater

Question 7

Dura mater

Answer 7

tough, dense membrane (composed mainly of collagen fibers) that
surrounds the spinal cord and the brain. forms the falx cerebri

Question 8

Arachnoid mater

Answer 8

thin non-vascular membrane, subdural hematoma and meningitis can happen here

Question 9

Pia mater

Answer 9

a delicate membrane that closely covers the surface of the brain down to depths of the sulci

Question 10

Function of the corpus callosum

Answer 10

trasnlates information from the right hemisphere to the left hemisphere in order to facilitate language articulate and comprehension

Question 11

Interference with the left Middle Cerebral Artery affects-

Answer 11

language and upper right side of the

body

Question 12

interference with the left Anterior Cerebral Artery affects-

Answer 12

lower right side of body and motivation

Question 13

Interference with the Posterior Cerebral Artery produces-

Answer 13

visual anomalies (without unilateral loss of motor control), memory difficulties, and sudden falling without loss of consciousness