Cerebrum
What are the four lobes?
Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital
What are the three parts of the diencephalon?
Thalamus, Epithalamus, Hypothalamus
What is the cerebellum?
It maintains balance, posture, and coordinated movements.
The dorsal root contains what type of axons?
Sensory
What is the cerebrum composed of?
Cerebral Cortex
What is the thalamus?
Gatekeeper of both sensory and motor neurons.
What are a bundle of axons considered?
Fascicles
The ventral root contains what type of axons?
Motor
What connects the right hemisphere to the left hemisphere?
Corpus Collosum
Maintain homeostasis, controls autonomic system, stimulates pituitary gland and the endocrine system
What are the three parts of the brain stem?
Midbrain, Pons, Medulla Oblongata
Autonomic neurons travel through what horn?
Lateral
What are two facts about the cerebral cortex?
Composed of gray matter, Unmyelinated, Has gyri and sulci
What is the epithalamus?
Onset puberty and response to odors.
What are the three connective tissue layers?
Epineurium, Perineurium, Endoneurium
Somatic motor neurons travel through what horn?
Ventral
What are two facts about the internal cerebrum?
Composed of white matter, bulk of cerebrum, bundle of myelinated, continuous with spinal cord
Where is the diencephalon located?
What are the three layers of the meninges?
Dura matter, Arachnoid matter, Pia matter
What is the dorsal root ganglion?
Contains cell bodies of pseudo-unipolar neurons, contains somatosensory neurons