Brain Anatomy
What is the largest part of the brain responsible for memory, reasoning, and emotions?
What is the cerebrum?
What is the olfactory nerve (I)?
What is the primary function of the central nervous system?
What is to process and send information?
What part of the neuron is responsible for receiving information?
What are dendrites?
What are the main components of the Central Nervous System?
What are the brain and spinal cord?
Which part of the brain is responsible for balance and coordination?
What is the cerebellum
Which cranial nerve controls movement of the majority of the eye muscles?
What is oculomotor nerve (III)?
Which division of the nervous system is responsible for voluntary control of skeletal muscle?
What is the Somatic Nervous System?
What is the function of the Myelin Sheath?
What is to insulate the axon and speed up the nerve impulses?
How many pairs of cranial nerves does the Peripheral Nervous System have?
What are 12 pairs?
Name the outer layer of the cerebrum that is involved in speech and consciousness
What is the cerebral cortex?
What is the function of nerve V?
What is sensory for the face and motor for mastication?
What does the Autonomic Nervous System regulate?
What is involuntary functions like hear rate and digestion?
What is a Synapse?
What is the junction between two communicating neurons?
Which system includes nerves throughout the body?
What is the Peripheral Nervous System?
What are the elevated ridges of tissue covering the surface of the cerebrum called?
What are gyri?
Which cranial nerve is involved in hearing and balance?
What is the Vestibulocochlear Nerve (VIII)
What are the two branches of the Autonomic Nervous System?
What are Sympathetic and Parasympathetic?
Name a neurotransmitter that stimulates muscle contraction
What is Acetylcholine?
What role does the spinal cord play in the Nervous System?
What is to carry nerve signals between the brain and the body?
Which lobe of the brain is the sensory center for interpreting impulses from the skin?
What is the parietal lobe?
Which cranial nerves are both sensory and motor?
What are V, VII, IX, and X?
What is the overall function of the Nervous System?
What is to maintain homeostasis by coordinating body systems?
What neurotransmitter is commonly associated with mood and happiness?
What is dopamine?
What is proprioception?
What is the awareness of the body position and movement?