Chapter 13/14/15 Nervous system Flashcards
What is the cerebral cortex?
The outer layer that lies on top of your cerebrum
What is the cerebral cortex composed of?
Gray matter which contains billions of neurons
Deep into the cortex is what?
White matter composed of tracts of neurons that connects parts of the brain to each other and the spinal cord
What does the Corpus callosum do?
It is a bundle of white matter tracts which connects the left and right hemispheres of the cerebrum
The cerebrum can be divided into how many parts?
- Frontal lobe
- parietal lobe
- Temporal lobe
- occipital lobe
What is the diencephalon composed of?
- Thalamus
- Hypothalamus
- Epithalamus
What is the brain stem composed of?
- Medulla oblongata
- Pons
- Mid Brain
What is the cerebellum?
Occupies the inferior and posterior aspects of the cranial cavity and consist of two hemispheres and central vermis
What is the functions of the cerebral cortex?
Specific types of sensory, motor, and integrative signals
What are the three areas of the cerebral cortex?
- Sensory areas
- Motor areas
- Association areas
The spinal cord is protected by what?
- Bone
- connective tissue
- Fluid
What are the meninges?
protective layer of the CNS
What are the layers of the meninges?
- dura mater
- Arachnoid mater
- Pia mater
What is the external anatomy of the spinal cord?
Begins as an extension of the medulla oblongata at the level of the foramen magnum and terminates at the level of the L2
The internal anatomy of the spinal cord allows for what?
Sensory and motor information to be processed in a organized way
What is cerebrospinal fluid?
CSF is a liquid that protects the brain and spinal cord against chemical and physical injuries and it carries oxygen, glucose, and other important substance from the blood to nervous tissue
What does the choroid plexuses do?
Make CSF
What do the ventricles of the brain do?
Contain CSF
The spinal nerves connect what?
The CNS to sensory receptors, muscles, and glands and are part of the peripheral nervous system
How many pairs of spinal nerves are there
31
Cervical, Thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal
What are plexus?
Network of nerves
Anterior and posterior roots of the spinal branch do what?
Attach a spinal nerve to a segment of the spinal cord
Shortly after passing through its intervertebral foraman, what happens?
a spinal nerve divides into several branches known as rami