This is Central
What is the term for the three layers of connective tissue that cover the brain and spinal cord?
BONUS 50 points - What are the names of the three layers?
What are MENINGES?
BONUS - What are the dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater?
The human brain is made of four major parts. What are they?
What are the CEREBRUM, DIENCEPHALON, BRAIN STEM, AND CEREBELLUM?
Primary is the area first in importance; somato means “body”; sensory means “input” to the brain. Name this area of the brain that is responsible for processing sensory information like drinking warm cocoa or stubbing your toe.
What is the PRIMARY SOMATOSENSORY CORTEX?
This provides a pathway for sensory information to reach the brain
What is the SPINAL CORD?
Name two of the four major plexuses that come from spinal nerves.
What are the CERVICAL, BRACHIAL, LUMBAR AND SACRAL?
The interconnections between the four ventricles and the central canal allow the CSF to do this around the brain and spinal cord
What is CIRCULATE?
This part of the brain is composed of the thalamus and hypothalamus
Broca’s area controls muscles involved with this
What is SPEECH?
The portion of the nervous system outside the brain and spinal cord
What is the PERIPHERAL NERVOUS SYSTEM?
This is an automatic motor response triggered by a stimulus
What is a REFLEX?
This prevents potentially harmful things from coming into contact with brain tissue
What is the BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER?
This part of the brain helps us maintain our balance
What is the CEREBELLUM?
What are the HAND and FACE?
What nerve carries impulses for vision?
What is the OPTIC NERVE?
You are unaware of this type of reflex happening
What is AUTONOMIC?
This is the term for bundles of axons in the central nervous system
BONUS 100 points - What is the name for bundles of axons in the peripheral nervous system?
What are TRACTS?
BONUS - What are NERVES?
The right cerebral hemispheres is responsible for controlling which side of the body?
What the LEFT?
Strokes can result in neurologic damage that is _______________ and cannot be reversed
What is PERMANENT?
The spinal nerves connect to the spinal cord by means of two bundles of axons. What are these bundles called?
What are ROOTS?
This is the body’s tendency to maintain internal balance
What is HOMEOSTASIS?
This is the ability of synapses to change their strength, resulting in the encoding of memories
What is SYNAPTIC PLASTICITY?
The pons is positioned between the midbrain and the medulla oblongata. Pons means what?
What is BRIDGE?
An EEG records this type of activity of neurons close to the surface of the brain, those located in the cerebral cortex.
What is SYNAPTIC?
The dorsal root ganglion contains the cell bodies of sensory ____________________
What are NERVES?
The human body was designed by the Creator God and is more than just a collection of ________________.
What are CHEMICALS?