CHAPTER 3 Flashcards
Toward the front
Anterior
Toward the back
Posterior
Toward the abdomen
Ventral
Toward the back
Dorsal
Toward the top
Superior
Toward the bottom
Inferior
Toward the body
Proximal
Away from the body
Distal
Towards the midline
Medial
Toward the side
Lateral
This moves toward the central nervous system ___.
Afferent
This moves way from the central nervous system ___.
Efferent
How many pairs of cranial nerves are there?
12
How many pairs of spinal nerves are there?
31
These transport information between the brain, spinal cord, and the rest of your body ___ and ____.
cranial and spinal nerves
What the three major parts of the brain?
Cerebrum, brain stem, and cerebellum
Lots of efferent and afferent nerve tracts -sensory information -motor information Metabolism, arousal 3 major reflex centers are all found in the \_\_\_\_.
Brain stem
Known as the little brain and regulates, coordinates motor movements.
Cerebellum
Here is where conscious planning and responses, 2 hemisphere; 4 lobes and insular cortex.
Cerebrum