Module 1 - overview

Question 1

What are the organizational principles of the brain?

Answer 1

interconnectivity, centrality of decision making, hierarchical organization, laterality of brain organization, structural and functional specialization, topographical organization, plasticity, culturally neutral

Question 2

What are the types of white matter tracts?

Answer 2

Projection fibers, association fibers, commissural fibers

Question 3

What are projection fibers?

Answer 3

go a long way: corona radiata, sensory tract, corticospinal tract, corticobulbar tract

Question 4

What are association fibers?

Answer 4

intrahemispheric tracts

Question 5

What are commissural fibers?

Answer 5

interhemispheric tracts (corpus callosum)

Question 6

What does the BG do?

Answer 6

regulate motor system

Question 7

What are the parts of the diencephalon?

Answer 7

thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus, subthalamus

Question 8

What is the cerebellum responsible for?

Answer 8

coordination of movement, equlibrium

Question 9

How many spinal nerves are there?

Answer 9

31

Question 10

for spinal nerves, dorsal = _____ and ventral = _______

Answer 10

sensory, motor

Question 11

What are the types of glial cells?

Answer 11

oligodendrocytes, astrocytes, ependymal, microglyia