4: Fundamental Nervous System & Nervous Tissue Study

The brain and spinal cord begin as an embryonic structure called the?

• Cerebrum

• Neural Pipe

• Neural Tube

• Cerebellum

The ______ specializes to form the hypothalamus, thalamus, epithalamus, and retina of the eye.

The central cavity of the neural tube remains continuous and enlarges in how many areas?

• three

• four

• five

• six

Does the brain or the membranous skull that contains it grow more rapidly?

• Brain

• Membranous Skull

Which of these four structures does not form the brain stem?

• Midbrain

• Pons

• Cerebellum

• Medulla Oblongata

Consists mostly of myelinated axons with some nonmyelinated axons, primarily in fiber tracts. The dense coating of fatty myelin is what gives ___ matter its color. Is this gray or white matter?

• White

• Gray

The hollow ventricular chambers are filled with _____ _____?

What separates the lateral ventricles?

• Sodium-Ion Pump

• Septum Pellucidum

• Cell Wall

• Plasma Membrane

Where does the fourth ventricle lie?

• Hindbrain

• Midbrain

• Pons

• Superior Medulla

Deeper grooves, called ________, separate large regions of the brain.