W3 nervous system

Question 1

What is the structure of the nervous system?

Answer 1

• Central Nervous System
• Peripheral Nervous System

Question 2

What is the function of the Peripheral Nervous System?

Answer 2

Carries information to and from the central nervous system

Question 3

What subsystems are in Parasympathetic Nervous System?

Answer 3

• Somatic Nervous System
• Autonomic Nervous system (Sympathetic, Parasympathetic)

Question 4

Describe the structure & function of the spinal cord

Answer 4

The spinal cord has dorsal and ventral roots.

That carry sensory and motor signals to and from the spinal cord

Question 5

What is the Sympathetic Nervous System?

Answer 5

Fight or Flight

Question 6

What is the function of the Parasympathetic Nervous System?

Answer 6

Vegetative functions

Rest and digest

Question 7

What are the mains parts of the brain?

Answer 7

• Forebrain
• Midbrain
• Hindbrain

Question 8

What are the 4 components of the Hindbrain?

Answer 8

1. Medulla Oblongata
2. Cerebellum
3. Reticular Formation
4. Pons

Question 9

What is the Medulla Oblongatta function?

Answer 9

Extention of spinal cord that regulates heartbeat, circulation and respiration.

Question 10

Describe the cerebellum

Answer 10

Involved in movement, learning and sensory discrimination

Question 11

Describe Reticular Formation

Answer 11

A network of neurons involved in consciousness and arousal

Question 12

Describe Pons

Answer 12

Links Medulla Oblongata and Cerebellum with upper part of brain stem

Question 13

Whats 2 functions are involved in the midbrain?

Answer 13

1. Tectum
2. Tegmentum

Question 14

Describe the function of Tectum

Answer 14

Involved in orienting to visual and auditory stimuli

Question 15

Describe Tegmentum

Answer 15

Involved in movement and arousal

Question 16

What 6 subcatergoies are involved in the forebrain?

Answer 16

1. Septal area
2. Amygdala
3. Hippocampus
4. Hypothalamus
5. Thalamus
6. Basal Ganglia

Question 17

Describe Septal area

Answer 17

Involved in pleasure, relief from pain, emotionally-significant learning

Question 18

Describe the Amygdala

Answer 18

Involved in aggression and fear

Question 19

Describe Hippocampus

Answer 19

Involved in the storage of new memories

Question 20

Describe Hypothalamus

Answer 20

Helps regulate eating, sleeping, sexual activity

Question 21

Describe Thalamus

Answer 21

Process incoming sensory information –> transmits it to higher brain areas

Question 22

Describe Basal Ganglia

Answer 22

Involved in the control of movement (autonomic)

Question 23

Describe the functions of the cerebral cortex

Answer 23

• Makes symbolic thinking possible
• Understanding
• Personality

Question 24

What are the 6 lobes of the cerebral cortex?

Answer 24

1. Frontal lobe
2. Parietal lobe
3. Occipital lobe
4. Cerebellum
5. Temporal lobe
6. Limbic

Question 25

Describe Frontal Lobe

Answer 25

* Abstract thinking * Planning * Social skills

Question 26

Describe Temporal lobe

Answer 26

Important for hearing, language, recognising object, memory

Question 27

Describe Parietal lobe

Answer 27

* Sensation * Perception of movement * Location of objects in space

Question 28

Describe Occipital lobes

Answer 28

Vision and visual recognition

Question 29

Name a mild language disorder

Answer 29

Broca's Aphasia.

Question 30

Describe Broca's Aphasia

Answer 30

Comprehension is only mildly impaired, work fluency is deficient

Question 31

Name a more serious Language disorder

Answer 31

Wernicke's Aphasia

Question 32

Describe Wernicke's Aphasia

Answer 32

Cannot express themselves verbally

Question 33

What is Prosopagnosia?

Answer 33

Face blindness, unable to recognize the identity. Damage to the Fusiform gyrus