Topic Question 1 Flashcards
1
Q
What are two major divisions of nervous system?
A
CNS and PNS
2
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What is in CNS?
A
Gray matter- cortex, nuclei
white matter- tracts (axons), commissures
3
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What is in PNS?
A
gray matter- ganglia (in sympathetic trunk)
white matter- roots and nerves
4
Q
Regions of CNS
A
brain (cerebrum), brainstem, cerebellum, spinal cord
5
Q
Forebrain
A
- cerebal hemispheres- cerebral cortex and deep cerebral (basal ganglia)
- Diencephalon
6
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Midbrain
A
small region between fore and hindbrain
7
Q
Hindbrain
A
pons, medulla and cerebellum
8
Q
What is neural tube?
A
CNS
9
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Telencephalon
A
Cerebral cortex and deep nuclei
forebrain-diencephalon
10
Q
Diencephalon
A
thalamus and hypothalamus
11
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mesencephalon
A
midbrain
12
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Rhombencephelon
A
hindbrain
- metencephalon- pons and cerebellum
- mylencephalon- medulla