Meninges & CSF
This meningeal layer dips into sulci
Answer: What is the pia mater?
This lobe is responsible for vision
Answer: What is the occipital lobe?
This cranial nerve controls facial expression
Answer: What is the facial nerve (VII)?
This root is purely sensory
Answer: What is the dorsal root?
This type of reflex is rapid and involuntary
Answer: What is a reflex?
These structures return CSF to the venous system
Answer: What are arachnoid granulations?
This gyrus is the primary motor cortex
Answer: What is the precentral gyrus?
These cranial nerves control eye movement
Answer: What are CN III, IV, and VI?
This root is purely motor
Answer: What is the ventral root?
This reflex type has only one synapse
Answer: What is monosynaptic?
The dura mater splits into these two layers Answer: What are endosteal and meningeal layers?
Answer: What are endosteal and meningeal layers?
This hidden lobe is involved in taste and emotion
Answer: What is the insula?
This cranial nerve is known as the "wanderer" since it "wanders" below the head & neck to provide Parasympathetic innervation to many visceral organs
Answer: What is the vagus nerve?
This is the largest nerve in the body
Answer: What is the sciatic nerve?
This reflex occurs when stepping on a tack
Answer: What is the withdrawal reflex?
This structure produces CSF
Answer: What is the choroid plexus?
This structure connects the two hemispheres
Answer: What is the corpus callosum?
This cranial nerve controls tongue movement
Answer: What is the hypoglossal nerve (XII)?
These three nerves form the "M" in the brachial plexus
Answer: What are musculocutaneous, median, and ulnar?
This reflex involves stretching a muscle spindle
Answer: What is the muscle spindle stretch reflex?
These cells are found in the choroid plexus and are responsible for its function. They also line the ventricles in the brain.
Answer: What is ependymal cells?
These structures control visual and auditory reflexes
Answer: What are the superior and inferior colliculi?
These cranial nerves are purely sensory
Answer: What are I, II, and VIII?
Damage to this nerve causes wrist drop
Answer: What is the radial nerve?
These reflexes involve more than one synapse
Answer: What are polysynaptic reflexes?