Neuron Classification
Projections that branch off the cell body and transmit nerve impulse toward the cell body.
What is a dendrite?
Lobe in the brain responsible for executive function.
What is the frontal lobe?
This nervous system controls voluntary movements of skeletal muscles.
What is the somatic nervous system?
Section of the brain that controls higher functioning such as cognition, language, and memory.
What is the cerebrum?
This artery’s main function is to supply the brainstem and cerebellum.
What is the vertebral artery?
These types of neurons convey impulses from the central or peripheral nervous system to muscles and glands.
What is a motor neuron?
The motor cortex is a part of this gyrus.
What is the precentral gyrus?
This nervous system controls involuntary functions like heart rate.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
All pathways to and from the cerebrum pass through this structure.
What is the brainstem?
This artery supplies blood to the medial surfaces of the frontal and parietal lobes.
What is the anterior cerebral artery (ACA)?
These types of neurons convey impulses from receptors in the muscles, skin, and glands to the nervous system
What is a sensory neuron?
The cortex where sensory information is processed.
What is the primary somatosensory cortex?
Fight-or-Flight responses are a part of this nervous system.
What is the sympathetic nervous system?
This structure connects the left and right hemispheres, allowing communication between them.
What is the corpus callosum?
This circulatory structure at the base of the brain provides the capability to compensate for loss of blood flow from one of the main blood supplies to the brain.
What is the circle of Willis?
These have multiple dendrites and a single axon. Most neurons in the CNS are this.
What is a multipolar neuron?
Vision crosses over to become contralateral at this structure.
What is optic chiasm?
Rest and digest responses are a part of this nervous system.
What is the parasympathetic nervous system?
This structural feature of the cerebral cortex increases surface area and separates brain regions.
What are cortical sulci?
The main artery of importance to speech-language pathologists and audiologists because it supplies blood to much of the lateral surfaces of the cerebral hemispheres.
What is the middle cerebellar artery (MCA)?
These have long axons that extend to the PNS and synapse with nerves that innervate muscles or glands. Typically myelinated.
What is Golgi Type 1 (projection neurons)?
This cell receptor processes pain.
What is a nociceptor?
These three types of nerves make up the PNS.
What are spinal nerves, cranial nerves, and visceral nerves?
This imaging technique measures brain waves through electrodes attached to the scalp to assess brain activity in conditions like epilepsy and sleep disorders.
What is EEG (electroencephalography)?
Name one of the key arteries that branch off from the basilar artery to supply the cerebellum.
What are the anterior inferior cerebellar artery (AICA) or superior cerebellar artery?