General Organization of the Nervous System

Question 1

Three Primary Planes

Answer 1

Coronal, Horizontal, Sagittal

Question 2

Coronal Plane

Answer 2

Front & back portions

Question 3

Horizontal Plane

Answer 3

Upper & lower portions

Question 4

Sagittal Plane

Answer 4

Left & right portions

Question 5

Ventral

Answer 5

Toward the belly

Question 6

Dorsal

Answer 6

Toward the back

Question 7

Caudal

Answer 7

Toward the tail

Question 8

Superior

Answer 8

Toward the top of the head/body

Question 9

Lateral

Answer 9

Away from the middle

Question 10

Bilateral

Answer 10

On both sides

Question 11

Ipsilateral

Answer 11

On the same side

Question 12

Contralateral

Answer 12

On the opposite side

Question 13

Gray Matter

Answer 13

Concentrations of nerve cell bodies

Question 14

A nucleus

Answer 14

Definable group of cell bodies

Question 15

Ganglion

Answer 15

Collection of cell bodies in PNS

Question 16

Glial Cells

Answer 16

Protect and support the nerve cells

Question 17

White Matter

Answer 17

Collections of axons

Question 18

Tract

Answer 18

Bundle of axons in CNS

Question 19

Fasciculus, Funiculus, Lemniscus, Peduncle

Answer 19

Bundle of nerve fibers that run parallel to connecting bodies

Question 20

Commissures

Answer 20

interconnect symmetrical structures in both sides of brain

Question 21

Decussations

Answer 21

axons that cross midline to terminate on contralateral side

Question 22

Nerves

Answer 22

Axons Pass between CNS and PNS

Question 23

Autonomic NS

Answer 23

Controls involuntary actions

Question 24

Somatic NS

Answer 24

Controls voluntary body movements

Question 25

Sympathetic NS

Answer 25

Mobilize the body’s nervous system fight-or-flight response, maintain homeostasis

Question 26

Parasympathetic NS

Answer 26

Regulation of internal organs and glands

Question 27

Three structures of brain

Answer 27

Cerebrum, brainstem, cerebellum

Question 28

Brainstem structures

Answer 28

Midbrain, pons, medulla

Question 29

Cerebrum

Answer 29

Two hemispheres separated by the longitudinal fissure

Question 30

Telencephalon

Answer 30

Cerebrum

Question 31

Diencephalon

Answer 31

Thalamus & Hypothalamus

Question 32

Mesencephalon

Answer 32

Midbrain

Question 33

Metencephalon

Answer 33

Pons

Question 34

Myelencephalon

Answer 34

Medulla Oblongata