LA Mod E Week 2 Test Review

What type of seizure is also called a petite mall seizure?

Absence seizure

This is composed of the midbrain, the pons, the obdula oblongata and is portion of brain that regulates certain visceral activities such as heart rate or breathing?

Brain stem

Part of the brain that coordinates voluntary muscle movements?

Cerebellum

Which part of the brain coordinates voluntarily body movements and maintains balance?

Cerebellum

Sensory and motor function, memory, reasoning, and other higher cognitive functions are performed by what part of brain?

Cerebrum

What part of the brain is responsible for thoughts, memory, problem solving, and language?

Cerebrum

This part of the brain contains the thalamus and hypothalamus and processes sensory information?

Diencephalon

Which part of brain consist of the thalamus and hypothalamus?

Diencephalon

Which layer of the meninges forms the tough and fibrous outer sack?

Duramatter

T or F: A hypnotic medication is used to treat parkinson's disease?

False

T or F: Eon Barra syndrome occurs when there is not enough neural transmitters at the synapse of the neurotransmitters?

False

T or F: Hemipherisis is paralysis of one side of the body?

False

T or F: Myelin is a lipid molecule that insulates dendrites?

False

T or F: Neuroglial cells conduct electrical impulses?

False

T or F: Nodes of ramvier connect adjacent neurons?

False

T or F: Shingles consist of painful blisters along the spinal cord?

False

T or F: The arbor vitae are part of the cerebrum?

False

T or F: The central nervous system is divided into the central nervous system and the autonomic nervous system?

False

T or F: The spinal cord stands from the medulla oblongata?

False

T or F: There are 12 pairs of spinal nerves and 31 pairs of cranial nerves?

False

What is the term that describes the elevated portions or convolutions of the surface of the cerebrum?

Gyri

What part of the brain controls body temperature, appetite, sleep, sexual desire, and emotions?

Hypothalamus

The respiratory areas are in the pons and the?

Medula oblongata

Two major types of cells found in nervous tissue are?

Neurons and neuroglia

Normal everyday activities such as digesting or resting are controlled by this system?

Parasympathetic

What is the order of the reflex arc?

Receptor, sensory neuron, motor neuron, effector, central nervous system

What is a rapid autonomic response to stimulus known as?

Reflex

The simplest nerve pathway in the body is called?

Reflex arc

In a resting neuron the difference in charge between the outside and inside of the membrane is called?

Resting potential

What is the conduction called when an impulse jumps from node to node along a myelinated axon?

Saltatory conduction

This motor branch of the peripheral nervous system controls skeletal muscle?

Somatic branch

What term describes the valleys separating the convolutions on the surface of the cerebrum?

Sulci

This branch of the autonomic nervous system prepares the body for stressful and emergency situations?

Sympathetic nervous system

What part of the brain serves as a center for relaying impulses from the eyes, ears, and skin to the cerebrum?

Thalamus

T or F: A CVA is a stroke?

True

T or F: A dendrite is part of a neuron that receives the impulse?

True

T or F: A subdural hematoma is bleeding within the meninges after they are torn with trauma?

True

T or F: An anticonvulsant is a medication to treat seizures?

True

T or F: Epilepsy is a disturbance of the electrical activity of the brain?

True

T or F: Most nerves of the body are mixed nerves?

True

T or F: Myelin is the insulating material found around a neuron?

True

T or F: Ryes syndrome develops in children following a viral infection especially if child is given aspirin?

True

T or F: The arbor vitae are part of the cerebrum?

True

T or F: The central nervous system consists of the brain and spinal cord?

True

T or F: The largest section of the brain is the cerebrum?

True

T or F: The neurolima surrounds the myelin sheath?

True

T or F: The peripheral nervous system includes sensory and motor division?

True

T or F: The term aphasia means unable to speak?

True

T or F: The term myelogram means a record of the spinal cord?

True