Brain Anatomy
Brain Aantomy
Brain Anatomy
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100
Limbic System
What is the emotional brain called?
100
Reticular Activiating System
What is the structure that awakens the cerebral cortex to an alarm clock sound?
100
Wernicke's Area
This area of the brain is active when translating words into thoughts.
100
Symapthetic Trunk Ganglia
What lies in a verticle row on either side of the spinal column?
100
Divergence
Each preganglionic cell synapses with many postganglionic cells.
200
Falx Cerebri
What is the dura mater that separates the two cerebral hemispheres?
200
Cerebellum
What is the main brain region that regulates posture & balance?
200
Auditory Association Area
This area of the brain allows you to recognize a particular sound.
200
Terminal Ganglia
What is the ganglia located at the end of an autonomic motor pathway in or near the wall of a visceral organ?
200
Chromaffin Cells
What cells of the Adrenal Galndrelease epinephrine & NE into the bloodstream?
300
Fourth Ventricle
What is the CFS structure that lies between the brain stem & cerebellum?
300
Pineal Gland
What is the structure that secretes melatonin during darkness?
300
Visual Association Area
This area of the brain receives sensory impulses from the primary visual area & thalamus.
300
Occulomotor Facial Glossopharygeal Vagus
Which four Cranial Nerves are part of the Cranial Parasympathetic Outflow?
300
Superior Cervical Ganglion
What symapthetic ganglion has postganglionic neurons that innervate the heart & structures in the head?
400
Choroid Plexus
What is the site of CFS production?
400
Primary Gustatory Area
This brain area receives impulses for taste.
400
Outside the CNS
Where do the postganglionic neurons lie?
400
Lateral Horns
Cell bodies of sympathetic preganglionic neurons are part of the ? in the spinal column from T1 to L2?
500
Medulla Oblongata
What is the site of the decussation of pyramid tracts?
500
Precentral Gyrus
What is the structure containing the Primary Motor Area of the cortex?
500
Somatosensory Area
Thia area of the brain allows you to determine the exact shape & texture of an object.
500
ACh & NE
What two neuritransmitters are released by the Autonomic Motor Neuron?
500
Celiac Plexus
What is the largest Autonomic Plexus in the abdomen?
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