Nervous System

Question 1

Three structures that protect the brain

Answer 1

Hard skull, meninges(membrane), and cerebrospinal fluid.

Question 2

Function f brain

Answer 2

Control center of the body

Question 3

Why does a teenage brain contribute to poor judgement

Answer 3

Brain isn’t fully developed, with dramatic changes to frontal lobe during puberty

Question 4

Difference between grey and white matter

Answer 4

White matter is made up of the axon portion and relays messages from grey portion.
Grey matter is made up of cell bodies and store and receive impulses from the body and other parts of the brain

Question 5

Cerebrum function

Answer 5

Learning, speech, emotion, reasoning, vision, touch, fine movements

Question 6

Gyrus

Answer 6

A fold in the brain

Question 7

Sulcus

Answer 7

Lines between the fold

Question 8

Maintains posture, balance, and is responsible for movement

Answer 8

Cerebellum

Question 9

Brain stem function

Answer 9

Maintaining respiration, circulation, body temp, sleep, digestion, and swallowing

Question 10

Four lobes of cerebrum

Answer 10

Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Temporal
Occipital

Question 11

Frontal lobe

Answer 11

Speech

Question 12

Parietal lobe

Answer 12

Taste, speech, reading

Question 13

Temporal lobe

Answer 13

Smell and hearing

Question 14

Occipital lobe

Answer 14

Vision

Question 15

Chemicals that move between synapses and continue to relay impulses between neurons

Answer 15

Neurotransmitter

Question 16

Muscle control, memory formation, sensory response

Answer 16

Acetylcholine

Question 17

Intestinal movement, mood regulation, appetite, sleep, muscle control

Answer 17

Serotonin

Question 18

Reward pathways, cognition, and voluntary motion

Answer 18

Dopamines

Question 19

Long term potential ions and memory

Answer 19

Glutamates

Question 20

Order of spinal nerves

Answer 20

Cervical nerves 
Thoracic
Lumbar
Sacral
Coccygeal

Question 21

Cervical

Answer 21

Neck

Question 22

Thoracic

Answer 22

Back

Question 23

Lumbar

Answer 23

Legs

Question 24

Sacral

Answer 24

Bowels

Question 25

Where each nerve emerges from spinal cord

Answer 25

Root

Question 26

Complicated interlacing nerve network

Answer 26

Plexus

Question 27

Reflex arc is where

Answer 27

Somatic nervous system

Question 28

Sym nervous system

Answer 28

Fight and flight

Question 29

Para nervous system

Answer 29

Rest and digest

Question 30

How many hemispheres does the cerebrum have

Answer 30

2

Question 31

Medulla oblongata

Answer 31

Controls involuntary actions(breathing and heartbeat)

Question 32

Midbrain

Answer 32

Regulates body movements (vision, hearing)

Question 33

Pons

Answer 33

Posture
Movement
Thinking

Question 34

Lateral ventricle

Answer 34

Circulates cerebrospinal fluid

Question 35

Pituitary gland

Answer 35

Secretes hormones

Question 36

Thalamus

Answer 36

Keeps track on sensations, senses pain, monitors inputs and outputs

Question 37

Pineal gland

Answer 37

Produces melatonin

Sleep

Question 38

Hypothalamus

Answer 38

Hunger, thirst, mood, body temp

Question 39

Optic chiasma

Answer 39

Binocular visión

Question 40

Arbor vitae

Answer 40

Sends signals to and from cerebellum

Tree

Question 41

Where is broca and Wernicke área located

Answer 41

B: frontal
W: temportal

Question 42

Broca’s area

Answer 42

Production of speech

Question 43

Wernicke area

Answer 43

Developing language