Nervous System

What type of neuron is also called interneuron because it carriers messages between the other two types of neurons?

Associative

Which section of the brain helps to regulate heartbeat and respiration?

Brain stem

Which of these disorders occurs when there is a loss of blood flow, and in turn oxygen to the brain?

Cerebrovascular accident (CVA)

Which section of the brain is concerned with reasoning?

Cerebrum

How does an impulse travel from one neuron to another

Chemical neurotransmitters help the impulse to jump across the space between the cells

The cerebellum is responsible for what?

Coordination of muscle, movements, balance and posture, and muscle tone

Dendrites conduct impulses away from the cell.

False

The peripheral nervous system includes 31 pairs of cranial nerves and 12 pairs of spinal nerves.

False

What can be done to help prevent brain damage from a stroke?

Give the patient drugs to break up clots within the first 3 hours

What controls the autonomic nervous system body temp, and blood vessel constriction and dilation?

Hypothalamus

Which activities of the body are controlled by the autonomic nervous system?

Involuntary

What is the main function of the spinal cord?

It carriers messages to and from the brain and the nerves that go to the muscles and glands.

Name the two parts of the Diencephalon.

Thalamus, Hypothalamus

Which part of the brain connects with the spinal cord?

Medulla oblongata

What is the general term for the layers of tough membranes that cover and protect the brain and spinal cord?

Meninges

In which disease does progressive loss of muscle control from the destruction of the myelin sheath in the central nervous system?

Multiple Sclerosis

What is the fatty tissue that covers axons and speeds up impulses as they travel from cell to cell?

Myelin sheath

Which division of the autonomic nervous system prepares the body for action in an emergency?

Sympathetic system

What is the space between a dendrite and an axon called?

Synapse

What is the purpose of the vertebrae?

To protect the spinal cord

Efferent neurons carry messages from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands.

True

The cerebrum is separated into 4 lobes and is the highest and largest section of the brain.

True

Where does the spinal cord end?

at the lower back L1

The 3 Meninges

dura mater, Archnold, pia mater