Cranial Nerves
What is the nerve of Vision?
Optic Nerve
What is the humor that is in the anterior chamber of the eye?
Aqueous
What is the outermost layer of the skin?
Epidermis
What are the structures called that are formed by nerve networks that come off the spinal cord?
Plexus
What are the depressed grooves of the cerebral cortex?
Sulci or Gyri
What is the nerve of hearing and balance?
Vestibulocochlear or Acoustic
What is jelly consistency and prevents the eyeball from collapsing?
Vitreous Humor
What is the thickest layer of the skin and contains blood vessels and nerves?
Dermis
What organs are part of the central nervous system.
Brain and Spinal Cord
What is the functioning unit of the nervous system?
Neuron
What helps to position the eyeball and pupillary reflex?
Oculomotor
What regulates the size of the pupil?
Iris
What layer of the skin holds the adipose insulating tissue?
Subcutaneous
What diagnostic test is conducted between the 3rd and 4th lumbar vertebrae for the purpose of obtaining spinal fluid?
lumbar puncture
What are the layers of tissue covering the brain and spinal cord called?
Meninges
What can decrease heart rate and increase peristalsis?
Vagus
Medical term for "ringing in the ears"
Tinnitus
What vitamin does the skin help to produce?
Vitamin D
What are the two branches of the autonomic nervous system?
Sympathetic and parasympathetic
What is the enzyme produced in tears from the lacrimal gland?
lysozyme
What controls tongue movement?
Hypoglossal
What is the area of the ear that has the labyrinth, transmits sound waves, and common area for ear infections for children?
Middle Ear
What do sudoriferous glands produce?
perspiration
What carries nutrients to the brain cells, removes waste and acts as a shock absorber?
Cerebrospinal fluid
What is an autonomic response that involves the spinal cord and does not travel to the brain?
The Reflex Arc