CH 11
The two structural divisions of the nervous system are the:
What is the CNS and PNS?
What type of ion channel in neurons is always open?
What are leak channels
The brainstem connects the brain and the:
Spinal Cord
An elevated ridge on the surface of the cerebrum is known as a
What is A gyrus
Which nervous system division is responsible for the integration of sensory information?
What is the CNS
The influx of positive charges makes the membrane potential more positive and is known as:
What is depolarization
The cerebellum functions in:
the planning and coordination of movement.
Name the lobes of the brain?
What is Frontal, Parietal, Occipital, Temporal
Upon entering your house, you noticed the smell of cake baking in the oven. What division of the peripheral nervous system is responsible?
Somatic Sensory Division
When is the generation of an action potential impossible, no matter the strength of the stimulus?
Absolute Refractory Period
What are the three primary brain vesicles that form from the neural tube?
What is the Forebrain, Midbrain, and Hindbrain
Which lobe is situated anterolateral in each cerebral hemisphere?
What is temporal lobe
Which of the following is controlled by the somatic motor division? cardiac muscle, skeletal muscle, glands or smooth muscle
What is skeletal muscle
The majority of synapses in the nervous system are which type
What is Electrical
In 1848, Phineas Gage sustained a brain injury when an iron rod pierced through his left prefrontal cerebral cortex. What do you think was the result?
B) Gageʹs personality, behavior, and psychological state changed.
What does the primary motor cortex of the right cerebral hemisphere control?
What is controls the motor activity on the left side of the body.
What is the function of ciliated ependymal cells?
What is Circulate CSF
What ion triggers synaptic vesicles to release neurotransmitters into the synaptic cleft?
Ca2+
What functional brain system participates in memory, learning, emotion, and behavior?
What is the limbic system
What results when the corpus callosum is cut?
What is the communication between the right and left cerebral hemispheres would be impaired.