Central Nervous System-A&P; Helpful for Psych Unit 2 also....

The fatty substance that helps to protect the axon is called:

The cranial nerve that connects to the heart, lungs, stomach, etc. is the ______ nerve.

The brain contains four lined cavities called

The thalamus act as a ___ for incoming and outgoing impulses

The skeletal muscles are coordinated by the

The chemical that moves from neuron to neuron across the synaptic cleft is a/an

The outermost covering of the meninges is

Which of the following is not part of a neuron

The ophthalamic, maxillary, and mandibular nerves make up the _________ nerve.

The landmark of the midbrain is the _____ which have auditory and visual colliculi.

The arbor vitae is part of the ______

Hearing and memory are located in the

The ventral nerve root carries _________ information.

Reflexes occur when impulses travel from the muscle to the ___ and then back to the muscle.

The central sulcus separates the _________.

The fibrous cord formed from the pia and dura mater that runs to the coccyx is called the ____

The primary sensory area of the brain is in the

The frontal, parietal, temporal and occipital lobes make up the

The development of the brain and spinal cord begin ________.

The pneumotaxic center that helps control respiration is found in the _________

Each nerve cell has only one:

___ is a seizure disorder of the brain

The neurons that carry messages to the brain are called:

The ________ acts at a subconscious level to control posture.

The vital and nonvital reflex centers....vomiting, cardiac, sneezing, vasomotor etc. are in the

A person with an injury to the frontal lobe may have difficulty

Damage to the hippocampus may result in

There are ________ cranial nerves known by their number.

The part of the brain associated with muscle movement is

The ___________ projects down into the longitudinal fissure.

Inflammation of the lining of the brain and spinal cord is called

The _______ regulates water balance, urine production,autonomic activities, appetite, etc.

The cranial nerve for smell is the __________ nerve.

Descending tracts carry ___ impulses to the muscles

The thalamus and hypothalamus are parts of the

___ is a chronic inflammatory disease of the CNS in which immune cells attack the myelin sheath

There are two enlargements in the spinal cord.  The are _________

Gaps between the myelin sheath along the axon are called

The cells that make up the nervous system are called

The fluid filled cavities within the brain that produce CSF are

The optic nerves go through the __ to the occipital lobe

Memory storage from short to long term is regulated by the _________.

Which of the following is not part of the limbic system?

The nervous system that consists of 12 pairs of cranial nerves and 31 pairs of spinal nerves

The cerebrospinal fluid is found in the __________.

The speech centers in most people is found in the ______________.

The cranial nerve for vision is the ________ nerve.

What is the function of the oligodendrocytes

Which part of the brain is responsible for processing vision

The motor cortex is found in the ______ lobe and the somatosensory cortex is found in the ___

The tracts that extend from one hemisphere to the other are called ______ tracts.

The threshold stimulus results in the creation of a/an

The shallow grooves in the cerebral cortex are referred to as _____________

Ascending tracts carry ___ impulses to the brain

___ is a progressive disease in which the initial symptom is usually a problem remembering

Monday is your

The web like membrane between the outer and inner meninges is

What ions are necessary for a nerve impulse to occur?

The corpus collosum functions to

The ________ acts a connection to the endocrine system

The arousal system for the cerebral cortex and consciousness is the ______________.

___ is characterized by shuffling gait, tremors, pill-rolling and muscular rigidity

The __________ is known as the emotional brain.

The junction between the axon of one cell and the dendrite of another is called:

Melatonin which regulates our circadian rhythm and sleep cycles is produced in the _____

There are _______ spinal nerves.

The lowest part of the brain stem that connects to the spinal cord is the _________

The _______ lobe takes care of incoming visual information.

The interior meninges that is transparent and adheres to the brain is the ____

There are ________ventricles in the brain?

Balance and coordination are located in the

The pons, midbrain and medulla oblongata make up the

The part of the brain that controls emotional experiences

The cerebral cortex of the frontal lobe is the area that controls

The bundle of spinal nerves below the spinal cord are referred to as the ______________

Which cell connects neurons to blood vessels?

Neurons have many

The ________ serves as a major relay for sensory information.