Brain & Nerves - Novak

Question 1

What encompasses the Central Nervous System?

Answer 1

Brain and Spinal Cord

Question 2

What encompasses the Peripheral Nervous System?

Answer 2

Cranial Nerves
Spinal Nerves
Ganglia

Question 3

Sensory nervous system is also called what?

Answer 3

Afferent

Question 4

Motor nervous system is also called what?

Answer 4

Efferent

Question 5

What are somatic sensory nerves function?

Answer 5

Receives sensory from skin, joints, skeletal muscles, and special senses

Question 6

What are visceral sensory nerves function?

Answer 6

Receives sensory from viscera like the gut

Question 7

What are somatic motor nerves function?

Answer 7

Voluntary movement; innervates skeletal muscles

Question 8

What are autonomic motor nerves function?

Answer 8

Involuntary movement; innervates heart, intestines, and glands

Question 9

What are gyri?

Answer 9

Bumps in the cerebrum

Question 10

What are sulci?

Answer 10

Invaginations in the cerebrum

Question 11

Grey matter is located where in the cerebrum?

Answer 11

On the outside

Question 12

Name the four main sulcus on the cerebrum

Answer 12

Lateral
Central
Longitudinal
Parietooccipital

Question 13

What is the insula?

Answer 13

Part of the brain for taste; located underneath temporal and parietal parts of the brain

Question 14

What is the function of the precentral gyrus?

Answer 14

Motor cortex

Question 15

What is the function of the postcentral gyrus?

Answer 15

Sensory cortex

Question 16

For both the pre and postcentral gyruses, what is it predominately dedicated to?

Answer 16

Hands and Face

Question 17

What is Broca’s area?

Answer 17

In charge of developing and vocalizing words

Question 18

What is Wernike’s area?

Answer 18

Allows comprehension of language

Coordinates audio and visual memories

Question 19

Left Hemisphere is mostly in control of what?

Answer 19

Reading, writing, speech, decision making, math

Question 20

Right Hemisphere is mostly in control of what?

Answer 20

Art, creativity, senses

Question 21

What are the association tracts?

Answer 21

Communicates within one hemisphere

Question 22

What are the commissural tracts?

Answer 22

Communicate between the two hemispheres

Question 23

What are the projection tracts?

Answer 23

Communicate from the brain down the spinal cord

Question 24

What is basal nuclei?

Answer 24

Grey matter within the white matter

Question 25

What is in the diencephalon?

Answer 25

Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Epithalamus

Question 26

Describe the function of the thalamus

Answer 26

Relay center

“Train Station”

Question 27

Describe the function of the hypothalamus

Answer 27

Many functions: hormonal control, behavior, hunger, emotion, temperature control, sleep, memory

Question 28

Describe the function of the pineal gland

Answer 28

Sleep

Question 29

Describe the function of the cerebellum

Answer 29

Controls gait, fine motor skills, balance, coordination

Question 30

Describe the function of the medulla

Answer 30

Breathing, HR, reflexes, cardiac center

Question 31

Describe the function of the pons

Answer 31

Involved in respiration and relaying information

Question 32

The limbic system is also known as what?

Answer 32

The emotional brain; involved in motivation, emotion, and memory

Question 33

The dura mater is composed of what two layers?

Answer 33

Peritoneal and the Meningeal layers

Question 34

What are the four dural septa?

Answer 34

Falx cerebri, tentorium cerebelli, falx cerebelli, diaphragma sellae

Question 35

Cerebral spinal fluid is made from what structure?

Answer 35

Choroid plexus

Question 36

What is the function of CSF?

Answer 36

Buoyancy, protection, environmental stability