Neurons and things
The nervous system is primarily made up of
Neuroglia
Which lobe of the brain controls visual processing?
Occipital
What helps you see in low light?
Rods, pupil wide open
Which of the following is incorrectly matched?
Organ of Corti --> hearing
gustatory cell --> touch
maculae --> balance
olfactory receptor --> smell
Gustatory cell--- touch
The sensory division of the peripheral nervous system is also known as the ___________ division.
Afferent
What is used to classify a neuron?
The number of processes from the cell body
Which portion of the brain is responsible for involuntary activities such as posture, breathing, and heart rate?
What part of the eye does not have the job of regulating or focusing light as it comes into the eye?
Sclera
What is the correct order in which sound waves flow through the ear?
auricle, auditory canal, tympanic membrane, ossicles, cochlea
Which part of the nervous system can help calm someone down after an emergency has occurred?
parasympathetic division
When you intentionally tighten your abdominal muscles, which divisions of the nervous system are being used? (two answers)
Motor and Somatic
Which lobe of the brain controls reasoning, decision making & planning?
Frontal Lobe
What is the point on the retina where the sharpest image can be detected?
Fovea Centralis
True or False: Taste buds and papillae are the same thing
False
(For double points correctly define papillae)
What touch receptors would detect deep pressure against the skin?
Pacinian Corpuscles
If these cells were very active, it would likely indicate an infection in the CNS
Microglia
You’ve been practicing your jump shot for basketball every day. When you get into a game, which section of your brain allows you to use these motions easily and without thought?
Cerebellum
In the lacrimal apparatus, tears are produced in the lacrimal gland, then travel across the ________________ towards the ___________ commissure before emptying into the nasolacrimal duct.
conjunctiva, medial
Where are chemoreceptors found when referring to the sense of taste?
Tastebuds
The field of medicine known as meningoencephalopathy studies diseases of which two structures of the nervous system?
The brain and its membranes
When an impulse passes through a neuron, what is the correct order for transmission of the impulse?
dendrites, cell body, axon
What is the order of the layers of meninges, starting against the skull and moving toward the brain?
dura mater, arachnoid, pia mater
If you were looking at an individual eyeball during a dissection and it was flat, what likely happened?
. The vitreous humor flowed out
What converts sound waves into impulses?
Organ of Corti
Which structures are found in the diencephalon?
(three)
thalamus, hypothalamus, pineal gland