cells of the nervous system

Question 1

whats another name for the cerebral hemispheres

Answer 1

telencephalon

Question 2

What are the ridges called

Answer 2

gyri

Question 3

What are the valleys called

Answer 3

sulci

Question 4

Whats the frontal lobe responsible for

Answer 4

executive function

Question 5

Whats the parietal lobe responsible for

Answer 5

has somatic sensory cortex for processing tactile information

Question 6

What does the temporal lobe contain

Answer 6

has hippocampus (short term memory)
amygdala (emotion)
Wernicke’s area (auditory perception and speech )

Question 7

Whats the occipital lobe responsible for

Answer 7

visual processing

Question 8

What does the brainstem consist of

Answer 8

midbrain, pons and medulla

Question 9

What does the cerebellum do

Answer 9

role in co ordination, posture and balance

Question 10

What is a neuron

Answer 10

a mature non dividing excitable cell

Question 11

What’s a unipolar neuron

Answer 11

1 axonal projection

Question 12

whats a pseudo unipolar neuron

Answer 12

single projection bifurcates into 2 different branches

Question 13

Whats a bipolar neuron

Answer 13

2 projections from cell body (1 is an axon, the other is a dendrite)

Question 14

Whats a multipolar neuron

Answer 14

neuron with lots of projections

Question 15

Name a characteristic of pyramidal cells

Answer 15

‘pyramid’ shaped cell body

Question 16

Name a characteristic of purkinje cells

Answer 16

GABA neurons in cerebellum

Question 17

Name a characteristic of golgi cells

Answer 17

GABA neurons in cerebellum

Question 18

Give 3 features of neurons

Answer 18

excitable
non dividing
heterogenous

Question 19

what else is the soma known as

Answer 19

perikaryon and cell body

Question 20

What are astrocytes involved in

Answer 20

most abundant cell in the mammalian brain of the CNS
Cell repair 
Neuronal Maturation 
Synapse formation 
Plasticity 
Also involved in the blood brain barrier