Exam 29: The Nervous System

____ headaches are generally more severe and intense than other types and are more often experienced by men.

Which condition is generally caused when brain cells die because of an inadequate blood flow?

What type of nerves carry sensory information from the throat and tongue to the brain for interpretation?

The ________ of the cerebrum, shown at letter I, contains visual areas that interpret what a person sees.

Each cerebral hemisphere is divided into frontal, temporal, parietal, and occipital ________.

The subarachnoid space contains ________, which cushions the CNS.

Which nerves carry sensory information from the thoracic and abdominal organs to the brain?

Which of the following controls visual reflexes?

What is the innermost delicate layer of the meninges, which sits directly on top of the brain and spinal cord and holds blood vessels onto the surface of these structures?

Which of the following describes the gray matter of the spinal cord?

The group of disorders commonly referred to as nerve pain in which the most common symptom is severe skin pain that occurs most frequently in the nerves of the face is called ________.

Which of the following is the groove between the two hemispheres of the brain?

The function of _____ is to send information or nerve impulses away from the cell body?

The ________ at the end of the axon branches contain small sacs called vesicles, which produce the neurotransmitters that are needed to allow impulse transmission to continue to the postsynaptic structures.

An inflammation of the meninges is called ________ and can be caused by bacterial, viral, and fungal infections.

The ________ tracts of the spinal cord carry motor information down from the brain to muscles and glands.

Small cells within the nervous system that act as phagocytes, watching for and engulfing invaders, are ________.

Which of these cranial nerves carry sensory information from the skin of the scalp and face?

What is located at the end of the axon branches that allows impulse transmission to continue to other neurons?

Which cranial nerves innervate the muscles of the throat, neck, and voice box?