Exam 3: The Central Nervous System

Efferent neurons are the most abundant type of neuron.

The gray matter in the CNS consists of parts of neurons not covered with myelin.

Complete the sentences by using the answer code: -are the main brain "glue"

Damage to which area would result in the inability to perform accurate motor actions?

Different parts of the body are not represented by equal areas of the sensory homunculus of the parietal lobe.

The basal nuclei are part of the cerebrum.

Which statement concerning the blood-brain barrier is correct?

What does the corpus callosum interconnect?

Describe how memories are created.

Which statement is correct for procedural memories?

Complete the sentences by using the answer code: -are brain phagocytes

____________________ is the acquisition of knowledge as a consequence of experience.

The cerebrospinal fluid comes into direct contact with the neuronal and glial cells.

By ____________________ competition,somatotropic mapping can be altered.

A flat EEG always signifies brain death.

About 90 percent of the cells in the CNS are ____________________ cells.

The motor cortex on the frontal lobe is not the only brain region involved in motor control.

Where is consciousness created?

Why do myelinated axons conduct impulses much faster?

The two subdivisions of the autonomic nervous system are the ____________________ and the ____________________.