spinal cord
How many pairs of spinal nerves are there?
What is 31
The root of a spinal nerve that carries motor (efferent) signals out of the spinal cord.
What is the ventral (anterior) horn?
A cognitive disease that causes severe memory loss
What is Alzhemier's disease
What is the largest part of the brain
The division responsible for “rest and digest" and has low neuron diverenge
What is parasympathetic division
This bundle of nerve roots resembles a horse’s tail.
What is the cauda equina?
The physical crossing of nerve fibers to the opposite side of the body.
What is the descussitation of the pyramids
Inflammation of the meninges that can cause fever and stiff neck.
What is meningititis
what connects the two cerebral hemispheres?
corpus callosum
The network of neurons located within the walls of the digestive tract.
What is the enteric plexus
The region of gray matter that contains motor neuron cell bodies.
what is the anterior (ventral horn)
The tract that carries motor signals from the brain to skeletal muscles for precise, voluntary movement.
What is the corticospinal tract?
A disorder characterized by tremors due to loss of dopamine-producing neurons. (think substantia nigra)
What is parkinsons
The brain region responsible for coordination and balance.
What is the Cerebellum
The type of receptor found in autonomic ganglia that always produces an excitatory response when bound by acetylcholine.
What are nictoinic receptors
Which enlargement supplies the lower limbs (legs) ?
The tract responsible for pain and temperature sensation.
what is the spinothalamic tract
A genetic disorder that causes uncontrolled movements and cognitive decline.
What is Huntingtons Disease
The brain region that regulates hunger, temperature, and hormones.
What is the hypothallamus
The type of receptor found on organs that respond to acetylcholine in the parasympathetic system.
What is muscarinic receptors?
The space between the arachnoid and pia mater that contains cerebrospinal fluid.
what is the subarachnoid space
The nerve plexus that arises from C5–T1 and supplies the upper limb.
What is the brachial plexus
A condition caused by interrupted blood flow to the brain.
What is a Stroke (CVA)
Damage to this lobe would most likely result in difficulty understanding speech and memory problems.
What is the temporal lobe
This division of the autonomic nervous system is characterized by short preganglionic fibers and long postganglionic fibers.
What is the sympathetic division