Nervous System
Action potentials travel along the:
Axon
A shallow groove on the surface of the cerebrum is called a:
Sulcus
Auditory Area
Temporal Lobe
The tough, dense fibrous connective tissue meningeal layer is the:
dura mater
The vital centers for the control of heart rate, vomiting, and blood pressure are located in the:
medulla oblongata
The ____ Layer of the meninges that is in direct contact with the surface of the brain
pia mater
The _______ Division of the nervous system brings sensory information to the central nervous system
Afferent
A Nerve Impulse transmitted by axons
Action Potential
Motor Speech Area
Broca's Area
What is the mildest form of brain injury?
Concussion
The interior of a cell becomes less negative due to the arrival of sodium ions
Depolarization
The posterior part of the forebrain, containing the epithalamus, thalamus, hypothalamus, and ventral thalamus and the third ventricle.
Diencephalon
What are ciliated CNS neuroglia that play an active role in moving the cerebrospinal fluid called?
Ependymal cells
Academic Function
Frontal Lobe / Parietal Lobe
Most neurons in the brain are:
Multipolar
The specialized rough ER of the neuron is called:
Nissl Bodies
Visual Area
Occipital Lobe
All of the nervous tissue outside of the central nervous system comprises the ________ nervous system
Peripheral
A neuron at rest
Polarized Neuron
When a Neuron is at rest, which ion is mostly found on the inside of the cell?
Potassium
Which of these lobes has frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital lobes, as well as the insula?
cerebrum