Exam 29: The Nervous System

Patients with nervous system disorders may have a wide variety of signs and symptoms, but the most common are headache, muscle weakness, and ________, or loss of feeling.

A(n) ____ is an automatic response to a stimulus.

Located in the diencephalon, the ________ serves as a relay station for sensory information that goes to the cerebral cortex for interpretation.

The tracts of the spinal cord that carry sensory information up to the brain are called ________ tracts.

Which of the following describes the parasympathetic division of the autonomic nervous system?

Which of the following coordinates complex skeletal muscle contractions as well as fine movements?

The ____ of the spinal cord carries motor information from the brain to the muscles and glands.

The toughest and outermost layer of the meninges is the ____.

Which type of headache causes soreness in the temples and can occur daily for weeks?

The grooves on the surface of the cerebrum are called ________.

Which of these electrolytes plays an important role in the generation of nerve impulses?

Which of the following connects the cerebrum to the spinal cord?

The axons not insulated by the myelin sheath are known as ________ matter.

The ____ nerves carry information about odors to the brain.

The ________ nerves are peripheral nerves that originate from the brain.

The portion of the neuron that contains the nucleus and the organelles that are typical of any cell is the ________.

____ is a degenerative disease of the brain.

-The ________, which contains motor areas that allow a person to move, is shown at letter A.

The outermost layer of the cerebrum is called the cerebral ________ and contains nearly 75% of all the neurons in the entire nervous system.

The middle layer of the meninges, named for its spider web-like appearance, is the ____.