Exam 30: The Nervous System

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

Which of these is the most 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?

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

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

A person who has a ____ headache often has an aura that may be a flashing light or strange odor.

The ____ has nerve tracts that connect the cerebrum to the cerebellum.

The "bumps" of brain matter between the sulci are called gyri or ________.

The diagnostic test that detects electrical activity in the brain is a(n) ____.

The ____ is between the arachnoid mater and pia mater and contains cerebrospinal fluid.

The ________ root of spinal nerves contains axons of sensory neurons only.

Which of the following controls visual reflexes?

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

The subarachnoid space contains ________, which cushions the CNS.

Each cerebral hemisphere is divided into four ________.

The ____ nerves innervate the muscles in the stomach, intestines, and heart.

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

The thickening of the spinal cord in the lumbar region is called the lumbar ________ and contains the motor neurons that control the muscles of the legs.

Extending from the cell body of a neuron are axons and dendrites, which are two types of nerve ________.

At which vertebral level does the spinal cord end?

When the outside of a neuron's membrane becomes less polar, the neuron has ________.