Cranial Nerves (Nicole)
This cranial nerve is responsible for transmitting visual information from the retina to the brain.
What is the optic nerve? (CN II)
This part of the brain is responsible for higher cognitive functions like reasoning, problem-solving, and planning.
What is the cerebral cortex?
This system contains 12 pairs of cranial nerves and 31 pairs of spinal nerves.
What is the peripheral nervous system?
The nervous system is composed of approximately 86 billion of these.
What are neurons?
This lobe is located in the back of the brain and is responsible for processing visual information.
What is the occipital lobe?
This nerve controls the muscles for facial expression and carries taste sensations from the anterior two-thirds of the tongue.
What is the facial nerve? (CN VII)
This structure connects the two hemispheres of the brain and allows communication between them.
What is the corpus callosum?
This type of glial cell forms the myelin of the peripheral nervous system.
What are Schwann cells?
Neurons provide connections for areas of communication using these.
What are synapses?
This lobe is responsible for auditory processing and plays an important role in memory and language comprehension
What is the temporal lobe?
This cranial nerve is involved in hearing and balance, helping you maintain equilibrium.
This part of the brainstem is involved in basic life functions such as heart rate and breathing.
What is the medulla oblongata?
The peripheral nervous system contains the brain stem and spinal cord nerves, along with these neuron cell bodies.
What are ganglia?
This cell gives neurons nutrients and supports it.
What are glial cells?
This lobe is critical for complex functions such as reasoning, planning, and controlling behavior, this lobe can also contribute to personality.
What is the frontal lobe?
This cranial nerve plays a major role in parasympathetic control, influencing heart rate and digestion.
What is the vagus nerve? (CN X)
This part of the brain is responsible for coordinating voluntary movements and maintaining posture and balance.
What is the cerebellum?
Bundles of the peripheral nervous system are called these.
What are nerves?
These neurons communicate to one another.
What are interneurons?
Damage to this lobe could impact one's sense of touch and ability to process temperature and pain.
What is the parietal lobe?
This nerve controls the movement of the tongue and is crucial for speech and swallowing.
This structure in the central nervous system acts as a relay station for sensory information going to the cerebral cortex
What is the thalamus?
This type of synapse is where motor axon terminal segments connect with specialized receptors located at the surface of muscle tissue.
What is neuromuscular junction?
This part of a neuron makes up the cell body, which houses the nucleus.
What is a soma?
This specific area within the frontal lobe is crucial for executive functions such as decision-making and social behavior.
What is the prefrontal cortex?