Study Cards Test Review NOV-10 TEST Flashcards
The nervous system is divided into two parts, the peripheral nervous system
and the:
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM.
Mia’s neurologist orders an MRI focused on her right parietal lobe.
What
organ of the nervous system is being scanned?
BRAIN (specific part of brain is the Cerebral Cortex).
The layers of tissue that surround the brain and spinal cord are called the dura mater, pia mater, and _____ layer.
ARACHNOID LAYER / ARACHNOID MATER.
I get annoyed (rhymes with Arachnoid) and need tissue to block the noise (rhymes).
When someone talks about being ‘right brained’ or ‘left brained’ to what part of the brain are they referring?
Cerebral Hemispheres
The brain and spinal cord make up the _____ system
CENTRAL NERVOUS SYSTEM or CNS
What is the name for the nerves that carry information from the body back to the brain?
CRANIAL NERVES
The part of the brain that controls sleep, emotion, appetite, and memory is called the:
HYPOTHALAMUS. H=HUNGRY. S=SLEEP. M=MEMORY. A=APPETITE.
The hungry hippo at the zoo is sleeping.
There are 31 pairs of _____ nerves in the peripheral nervous system.
SPINAL NERVES.
31 is a PRIME number. Rhymes with SPINE
In addition to relaying information between the brain and the spinal cord, the brain stem also controls:
breathing, heart rate, balance, coordination and reflexes.
^^^ all what track and cross country athletes possess. “STEM Athletes”
The hypothalamus and the thalamus both relay information to what part of the brain?
CEREBRAL CORTEX
A patient of Dr Rhodes is having trouble standing up without falling. He is also having trouble following Dr Rhodes’ instructions to raise his arm or move his foot. In what part of the brain might Dr Rhodes’ patient be having issues?
CEREBRUM. Note: It is largest part of brain. This patient may have had a stroke.
Which section of the brain is the largest?
CEREBRUM
Clay was in a car accident and suffered severe trauma to his brain. When he awoke, he reported to the nurse that he could not smell anything. What part of Clay’s cerebrum may have been injured in the accident?
TEMPORAL LOBE.
Temp rhymes with smell.
After suffering a stroke, Nashwa is having difficulty seeing objects on her right. Her neurosurgeon suspects that she might have damage to her ______ lobe.
OCCIPITAL LOBE
A tumor pressing on a person’s frontal lobe might cause:
CHANGES IN PERSONALITY/BEHAVIOR, WEAKNESS IN ONE SIDE OF BODY, LOSS OF SMELL
The brain stem is divided into three parts, the medulla oblongata, the midbrain, and the:
PONS: THE MIDDLE PORTION OF THE BRAINSTEM COORDINATES FACIAL MOVEMENTS, HEARING AND BALANCE.
As part of the peripheral nervous system, where do the cranial nerves originate?
From the BRAIN
When something scary happens, our blood pressure rises, our heart beats faster, and we start to breathe faster. This is a reaction of the _____ nervous system.
CENTRAL
Our heart and lungs are CENTRAL to our health.
A nerve cell that is responsible for passing messages to the spinal cord and brain is called a:
NEURON
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What part of the nervous system tells our muscles to move?
PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM
Note: possible better choice, if listed, would be Somatic Nervous System