Terms
Collections of neuron cell bodies.
What is gray matter.
Three areas of the brainstem.
What are medulla oblongata, pons, midbrain?
The place that decussation takes place.
What is the medulla oblongata?
This deals with subconscious motor functions.
What is the cerebellum?
The 3 neurons activated in a reflex arc.
What are the afferent, association and efferent neurons?
Bundles of parallel axons and their coverings.
What is white matter?
The 2 components of the diencephalon.
What are the thalamus and hypothalamus?
This controls the body's vital functions.
What is the midbrain?
It allows the 2 hemispheres of the brain to communicate with one another.
What is the corpus collosum.
The site in the brain of motivation and foresight: It also regulates mood and emotion and inhibits impulsive behavior.
What is the premotor area?
.The anatomical crossing over of neurons.
What is Decussation?
The area of the brainstem that most decussation occurs.
What is the medulla oblongata?
This relays information from the cerbrum to the cerebellum.
What is the pons?
The 2 functions of CSF.
What are protection and supply nutrition?
It initiates muscle movement necessary for speech.
What is the Broca's area.
The damaging of tissue due to lack of oxygen.
What is ischemia?
The hills and valleys of the brain.
What are sulci and gyri?
This controls the pituitary gland.
WHat is the hypothalamus?
Collectively, the 3 layers of tissue that protect the brain.
What are the meninges?
This deals with the comprehension of speech.
What is the Wernicke's area?
Another condition that can cause stroke like symptoms.
What is hypoglycemia or low blood sugar?
The structures that are above the pituitary gland and control it.
What are the thalamus and hypothalamus.
This performs crude interpretation of sensory information and relays it to the cerebrum.
What is the thalamus?
The name of each of the 3 layers in order from the outermost to innermost.
What are dura mater, arachnoid mater, pia mater?
This initiates basic muscle movements.
What is the primary motor cortex?