Nervous System Flashcards
1
Q
Grey and White Matter
A
Brain: grey out (cell bodies), white in (myelin)
Spinal cord: white out, grey in
2
Q
Frontal
A
Executive functions
3
Q
Motor
A
Movement
4
Q
Sensory
A
Sensations
5
Q
Parietal
A
Perception, arithmetic, spelling
6
Q
Occipital
A
Vision
7
Q
Temporal
A
Memory, understanding, language
8
Q
PNS - Somatic
A
SAME (sensory afferent, motor efferent)
DAVE (dorsal afferent, ventral efferent)
9
Q
Neuron Length
A
Sympathetic: short pre-ganglionic, long post-ganglionic
Parasympathetic: long pre-ganglionic, short post-ganglionic
