Nervous System Unit Review

Match the following

• Hypothalamus

• Thinking

  Reasoning

  Speech

  Senses

  Voluntary body movements

• Cerebellum

• Breathing regulation

  digestion

  BP regulation

  Control of several reflexes

• Thalamus

• Voluntary muscle movement

  Balance

  Posture

  Muscle tone

• Cerebrum

• Relay station towards cerebral cortex

• Brainstem

• Body temp

  Water balance

  Sleep

  Appetite

  Emotions

Match the following neuron types

• Sensory- towards CNS

• Efferent

• only in CNS - impulses between other associative neurons

• Associative / Interneurons

• Motor- away from CNS

• Afferent

Sympathetic nervous system is our

• fight or flight

• return back to homeostasis

• controls thinking

• regulated breathing

Match the following functions of the neuron

• protects axon; speeds up impulses and protection

• Axon

• Connect one neuron to another

• Dendrites

• multiple; conduct impulses towards the cell body

• Myelin Sheath

• one one; conducts impulses away from the cell body

• Axon Terminals

In terms of Meninges the inner layer is ​ (a)   . The middle layer is​ (b)   . The outer layer is the ​ (c)  

• Pia mater
• Arachnoid
• Dura mater

Impulses between neurons travel how?

• by blood

• touching; very fast

• synaptic cleft where neurotransmitters are

• both touching and synaptic cleft

Match the following diseases and symptoms that fit best

• headache

  change in pupils

  change in responsiveness

• Traumatic brain injury / Increase Intracranial pressure

• slurred speech / aphasia / dysphagia / loss of movement

• Multiple Sclerosis

• tremors / rigidity

• Stroke

• memory loss / forgetful

• Alzhiemer's

• Impaired motor function

• Parkinson's

CNS contains ​ (a)   . The PNS contains ​ (b)   .

• Brain & Spinal Cord
• Somatic & Autonomic

Corpus callosum is best described as

• outer layer of cerebrum

• allows right and left hemisphere to communicate

• relay station

• white matter

The cerebral cortex is best described as

• inner layer of the cerebrum

• grey matter that separates into 4 brain lobes lobes

• performs most of the brain motor functions

• has a small surface area