The Brain
What fluid flows through the subarachnoid space space around the brain and spinal cord through the ventricles of the brain?
Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF)
What lobe of the brain performs these functions: Evaluates sensory information of touch, pain, balance, taste, and temperature?
Parietal Lobe
What ANS division is known as the "Fight or Flight" System?
Sympathetic division
What part of the eye produces color?
Cones
What is the name of the disorder known as "inflammation of the meninges"?
Meningitis
What two structures protect the brain?
Cranial bones and the meninges
What lobe performs these functions: Voluntary muscular function, mood, aggression, small reception, and motivation?
Frontal lobe
What are the two subdivisions of the Autonomic Nervous System?
Parasympathetic and Sympathetic
What is the outermost layer of the eye (white of the eye)?
Sclera
What is an "enlargement or dilation of a blood vessel wall, known as ballooning?"
Aneurysm
What anatomy of the brain makes up the bulk of the brain? (Hint: the surface is composed of grey matter)
Cerebrum
What is the function of the Pons Varolii? (part of the brainstem)
Helps control breathing
What ANS division stimulates digestion, urination, and defacation?
Parasympathetic division
Is it the anterior or posterior chamber of the eye that is filled with Aqueous Humor?
Anterior
Posterior chamber is filled with Vitreous Humor
What is another name for myopia?
Nearsightedness
Hyperopia- Farsightedness
What is the name of the part of the brain that is the shaped like a butterfly, located beneath the occipital lobes and cerebrum?
Cerebellum
(functions as a reflex center)
What lobe performs these functions: Evaluates hearing input and smell as well as being involved with memory processes, functions as an important center for abstract thoughts and judgement decisions?
Temporal lobe
What ANS division increases BP and heart rate, dilates respiratory passageways, and stimulates sweating?
Sympathetic
What one of these is part of the inner ear?
- Pinna
- Malleus, Incus, Stapes
- Semicircular canals
- Ceruminous Glands
- Oval window
- Tympanic membrane
(Cochlea, Vestibule)
What is another name for a middle ear infection?
Otitis Media
Name the 5 lobes of the brain
Frontal lobe
Parietal lobes
Temporal lobes
Occipital lobe
Insula lobe
What lobe performs these functions: Receives and interprets visual input?
Occipital Lobe
What division functions under normal non stressful conditions?
Parasympathetic
Other than hearing, that is the other function of the inner ear?
Balance
Glaucoma