Chapter 1

Question 1

Neuroplasticity

Answer 1

The nervous system’s potential for physical or chemical change that enhances its adaptability to environmental change and its ability to compensate for injury

Question 2

CNS

Answer 2

brain and spinal cord

Question 3

Frontal lobe

Answer 3

executive function

Question 4

parietal lobe

Answer 4

sensory integration

Question 5

temporal lobe

Answer 5

auditory, taste, smell, memory

Question 6

occipital lobe

Answer 6

vision

Question 7

meninges

Answer 7

3 layers of protective tissue

Question 8

Dura mater

Answer 8

tough outer layer of fibrous tissue

Question 9

Arachnoid layer

Answer 9

thin sheet of delicate connective tissue

Question 10

pia mater

Answer 10

moderately tough inner layer that clings to the brain’s surface

Question 11

Cerebrum

Answer 11

major structure of forebrain, consisting of two virtually identical hemispheres

Question 12

Cerebellum

Answer 12

involved in coordination of motor activity

Question 13

Brainstem

Answer 13

central structures of the brain, including the hindbrain, midbrain, thalamus and hypothalamus responsible for most unconscious behavior

Question 14

gray matter

Answer 14

areas of the nervous system predominately composed of cell bodies and blood vessels

Question 15

white matter

Answer 15

areas of the nervous system rich in fat-sheathed neural axons

Question 16

corpus callosum

Answer 16

fiber system connecting the two cerebral hemispheres