Protective Structures of the CNS
Fibrous connective tissues that cover the brain and spinal cord.
What are the meninges?
The arteries of the brain receive this % of the cardiac output.
What is 15%?
Complete loss of function of this part of the brain is known as brain death.
What is the brain stem?
The CNS is comprised of these 2 parts.
What are the brain and spinal cord?
Site of chemical communication between a nerve fiber and muscle cell.
What is the neuromuscular junction?
The outermost layer of the meninges that cover the brain and spinal cord.
What is the dura mater?
Blood vessels in the body have 3 layers. The blood vessels in the brain have ___ layers.
What is 2?
Part of the CNS that connects the brain and the periphery.
What is the spinal cord?
The peripheral nervous system is comprised of these 2 parts.
What is the autonomic and somatic nervous systems?
The brain consists of these 3 main structures.
What are the cerebrum, brain stem, and cerebellum?
The 3 layers of the meninges.
What are the dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater?
_____ arteries provide anterior circulation to the brain.
What are the carotid arteries?
The highly selective semipermiable border of epithelial cells that prevents solutes in the circulating blood from crossing into the extracellular fluid of the CNS.
What is the blood brain barrier?
The part of the PNS that controls involuntary body functions and regulates glands.
What is the autonomic nervous system?
The 2 parts of the cerebrum are known as...
What are the right and left hemisphere?
The 5 sections of the skull.
What are the frontal, temporal, parietal, occipital, and sphenoid?
_____ arteries provide posterior circulation to the brain.
What are the vertebral arteries?
The blood brain barrier can be altered.
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What is true?
The part of the PNS that controls muscle movement.
What is the somatic nervous system?
5 main functions of the brain stem.
What are heart rate, breathing, blood pressure, swallowing, and digestion?
The innermost layer of the meninges that hugs the brain closely and goes into every fold of the brain's surface.
What is pia mater?
Carotid arteries biforcate off of the _____ and vertebral arteries biforcate off of the _______.
What is aorta and subclavian?
CSF is formed in the ______ of the brain.
What are the ventricles or cavities?
Part of the PNS that communicates with the CNS.
What is the somatic nervous system?
The 3 sections of the brain stem.
What are midbrain, pons, and medulla oblongata?