Receptors
What is the integration center of the body
CNS (Brain/Spinal Cord)
What is the name of the neuron located after a synapse?
Post-Synaptic Neuron
What is the Only Nerve to extend into the abdomen?
Vagus Nerve
What is a plexus?
A bundle or network of nerves.
Name the 4 lobes of the brain.
Occipital, frontal, temporal, and parietal.
True or False balance is a somatic sense.
Yes, it's a special somatic sense
What is another name for the cell body of a neuron?
Soma
Besides their location in the skull, what do the first three nerves have in common?
They all start with an O
Which Plexus innervates the upper arm?
Brachial Plexus
Name the three sections of the brain stem?
Midbrain, Pons, and Medulla Oblongata
What is the name of the receptor that responds to pain?
Nociceptor
What is another name for a sensory Neuron
Afferent Neuron
True or False the facial nerve innervates all facial muscles?
False
How many spinal nerves do we have?
31 pairs or 62 individual nerves.
What is the name of the structure that holds the left and right hemispheres together?
Corpus Collosum
Muscle Spindles are responsible for which sense?
Proprioception
Name the branch of the nervous system that uses two motor neurons to innervate the effector.
ANS
How do you spell nerve #9?
Glossopharyngeal
What is the word for an area of the skin that is innervated by a single nerve?
Dermatome
Which lobe is Wernicke's area located in?
Temporal Lobe
Pain in your stomach will be picked up by a receptor in which of the 4 basic divisions of the nervous system?
Visceral Sensory
What is the name of a cell that supports neurons?
Neuroglial Cell
What is the largest cranial nerve?
Trigeminal Nerve
Which two nerves make up the Sciatic Nerve?
Tibial Nerve and Common Fibular (peroneal) Nerve
Broca's area is responsible for what?
Speech formation. Helps formulate words and sentences.