Intro to Neuroscience

Question 1

any or all sciences that study the structure and function of the nervous system and brain

Answer 1

neuroscience

Question 2

what is the primary roll of the nervous system

Answer 2

communicate and excite other cells

Question 3

receive afferent/sensory information

Answer 3

dendrites

Question 4

body

Answer 4

soma

Question 5

helps increase speed of signals due to gaps and also helps protect the axon

Answer 5

myeline sheath

Question 6

motor/behavior output

Answer 6

axon

Question 7

skipping of signal along myeline sheath

Answer 7

saltatory conduction

Question 8

cranial nerves CNS or PNS?

Answer 8

all are peripheral except olfactory

Question 9

organization of the CNS in order of complexity in both structure and function

Answer 9

1. spinal cord
2. medulla
3. pons
4. midbrain
5. cerebellum
6. diencephalon
7. cerebral hemispheres

Question 10

what are the 3 meninges

Answer 10

dura matter, arachnoid matter, pia matter matter

Question 11

is dorsal root sensory or motor

Answer 11

sensory

Question 12

is ventral root sensory or motor

Answer 12

motor

Question 13

brainstem stroke can lead to a syndrome in which you cannot speak or move, you can only move your eyes

Answer 13

locked in syndrome

Question 14

the nervous system has a lot of overlap to make sure we can still function and not lose everything if there is an injury to the nervous system

Answer 14

redundancy

Question 15

what are the 5 lobes of the cerebral hemisphere

Answer 15

frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal, insula

Question 16

abstract thoughts, explicit memory, mood, motivation, foresight and planning, decision making, emotional control, social judgement, voluntary motor control, speech production

Answer 16

frontal lobe

Question 17

taste, pain, visceral sensation, consciousness, emotion and empathy, cardiovascular homeostasis

Answer 17

insula

Question 18

taste, somatic sensation, sensory integration, visual processing, spatial perception, language processing, numerical awareness

Answer 18

parietal lobe

Question 19

visual awareness and visual processing

Answer 19

occipital lobe

Question 20

hearing, smell, emotion, learning, language comprehension, memory consolidation, verbal memory, visual and auditory memory, language

Answer 20

temporal lobe

Question 21

think receiving/processing

Answer 21

gray matter

Question 22

neuronal cell bodies, ganglia in PNS, nuclei in CNS, brain (cortex and subcortical gray)

Answer 22

gray matter

Question 23

think sending/transmitters

Answer 23

white matter

Question 24

axons, myelinated, CNS tracts, PNS nerves, brain, internal capsule, corone radiata

Answer 24

white matter

Question 25

carries messages from cell bodies to target cells

Answer 25

white matter

Question 26

integrates incoming information and determines an action

Answer 26

gray matter

Question 27

what are the two things the brain needs to function (fuel)

Answer 27

blood and oxygen

Question 28

what are the two main arterial supplies to the brain

Answer 28

vertebral and carotid arteries

Question 29

what are the 3 layers that protect the brain

Answer 29

skull, CSF, meninges

Question 30

what are the 3 layers that protect the spinal cord

Answer 30

vertebrae, meninges, CSF

Question 31

where is cerebral spinal fluid housed

Answer 31

ventricles