Histology
Special Senses
Microanatomy of the Nervous System
Anatomy of the Brain
Limbic System
100
This type of epithelium lines the respiratory system and functions in secretion, mostly of mucus
What is pseudostratified columnar epithelium?
100
The volume of the sound increases when it passes through these parts of the ear.
What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?
100
These cells support neurons, control chemical environment around neurons, and cover nearby capillaries.
What are astrocytes?
100
This part of the brain is Latin for tree of life.
What is arbor vitae?
100
These two structures of the brain often interact with each other in order to combine emotion and memory.
What are the hippocampus and the amygdala?
200
This is the most abundant cartilage type in the body.
What is hyaline cartilage?
200
Chemoreceptors respond to chemicals for these two SPECIAL senses?
What are the senses of taste and smell?
200
This type of neuroglia circulates cerebrospinal fluid in the CNS.
What are ependymal cells?
200
The part of the brain that connects the mammilary body and the hippocampus.
What is the fornix?
200
This is one of the functions of the limbic system lost by Clive Wearing.
What is long term OR short term memory?
300
A tissue that contains collagen fibers, elastic fibers, and reticular fibers.
What is areolar connective tissue?
300
These are the ossicles from superficial to deep.
What are the hammer, anvil, and stirrup?
300
These cover and protect the CNS, protect blood vessels, enclose venous sinuses, and form partitions in the skull.
What are meninges?
300
The area of the brain lies just posterior to the primary somatosensory cortex and its major function is to integrate sensory inputs.
What is somatosensory association cortex?
300
This part of the limbic system control emotional context for memory?
What is the amygdala?
400
This tissue functions in giving rise to all other connective tissue.
What is A. Mesenchyme?
400
These raised structures house the taste buds.
What are gustatory papillae?
400
This type of neuroglia produces myelin sheaths in the CNS.
What are oligodendrocytes?
400
This part of the brain serves as an autonomic reflex center involved in maintaining body homeostasis.
What is the medulla oblongata?
400
This gland in the limbic system also controls diverse functions such as the fight-or-flight response, growth, and the production of milk.
What is the pituitary gland?
500
These two types if cells can be found in lacunae.
What are chondrocytes and osteocytes?
500
What are the three varieties of sensory receptor cells?
What are mechanoreceptor, chemoreceptor, and photoreceptor?
500
This area is associated with the Wernicke's area when producing and translating speech.
What is the Broca's area?
500
This part of the brain is responsible for the control of the endocrine system.
What is the hypothalamus?
500
This structure forms the middle of the limbic system.
What is the thalamus?
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