nervous

Question 1

corpus collosum

Answer 1

joins the hemispheres

Question 2

insula

Answer 2

inner cortex of the brain, gut instinct

Question 3

neocortex

Answer 3

outer cortex of the brain

Question 4

caudica equina level

Answer 4

L2

Question 5

ventral root

Answer 5

efferent motor fibres

Question 6

dorsal root

Answer 6

afferent sensory root

Question 7

pairs of cervical nerves

Answer 7

8

Question 8

pairs of thoracic nerves

Answer 8

12

Question 9

pairs of lumbar nerves

Answer 9

5

Question 10

pairs of sacral nerves

Answer 10

5

Question 11

plexus

Answer 11

nerve roots reform into plexuses that correspond to body areas

Question 12

pain fibres

Answer 12

unmyelinated and slow

Question 13

vibration and proprioception nerves

Answer 13

large, myelinated fast

Question 14

somatic nervous system

Answer 14

afferent/ efferent, sensory and motor

Question 15

autonomic nervous system

Answer 15

sympathetic, parasympathetic and enteric

Question 16

myotome

Answer 16

muscle supplied by a particular spinal nerve

Question 17

spinothalamic pathway

Answer 17

contralateral for nociception, temp and coarse touch

Question 18

dorsal column medial pathway

Answer 18

ipsilateral afferent neurons, decussates at medulla

Question 19

trigeminal nerve

Answer 19

chief sensory in the pons, goes contra or ipsi lateral or straight to medulla

Question 20

corticospinal tract

Answer 20

most cross at the medulla, very few stay ispilateral

Question 21

reticulospinal tract

Answer 21

autonomatic movements of movement and posture

Question 22

rubrospinal tract

Answer 22

muscle tone

Question 23

sympathetic cell bodies

Answer 23

intermediolateral cell column of the spinal cord, the sympathetic chain

Question 24

sympathetic neurons in the spinal cord

Answer 24

lateral horn

Question 25

parasympathetic division comes from which vertebral sections

Answer 25

cervical and sacral

Question 26

sympathetic neurotransmitter

Answer 26

ACh preglanglionic

NE and E for postganglionic

Question 27

conversion of epinephrine into norepinephrine

Answer 27

enzyme only present in the adrenal medulla

Question 28

nicotinic ACh receptor

Answer 28

5 subunits, conformational change to open (rotation)

Question 29

acetylcholinesterase

Answer 29

converts ACh into choline and acetic acid

Question 30

peristalsis control

Answer 30

myenteric plexus

Question 31

regulation of enteric system

Answer 31

vasoactive intestinal peptide

Question 32

where is CSF secreted

Answer 32

choroid plexus

Question 33

CSF absorbed

Answer 33

superior sagittal sinus via arachnoid granulation

Question 34

CSF daily production

Answer 34

500mL