Exam 8: The Nervous System

What happens in a flexor reflex?

The parts of the brain concerned with equilibrium and keeping us upright are the ____________________ and ____________________.

There are ____________________ pairs of lumbar spinal nerves and ____________________ pairs of sacral spinal nerves, and they supply the ____________________.

The part of the brain that produces the hormones that are stored in the posterior pituitary gland is the ____________________.

The layers of the meninges, beginning with the outermost, are the:

The lobes of the cerebrum that contain auditory areas are the:

The part of the brain that suppresses unimportant sensations is the ____________________.

The neurons that carry impulses entirely within the CNS are called:

Which of the following statements are true of the cranial nerves? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)

The cranial nerve pair that is motor to the chewing muscles is the:

The part of the cerebrum that usually contains the speech areas is the:

The part of a neuron that carries impulses away from the cell body is the:

An action potential is ____ and includes ____.

The ventral root of a spinal nerve contains:

The number of pairs of spinal nerves-cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and coccygeal-in order, are:

The tissue fluid of the brain is ____________________.

The two parts of the brain that regulate equilibrium and keep us upright are the:

Thoracolumbar is another name for the ____________________ division of the autonomic nervous system.

The part of the brain that regulates body temperature is the:

Which of the following statements are true of neurons? (Read carefully and select all of the correct statements.)