Exam 7: The Nervous System

Match the following: -Subdivision of the motor division responsible for controlling involuntary events

The brain and spinal cord are protected and cushioned by three connective tissue membranes that are collectively called ________.

A stroke in the primary motor area has caused Don to lose control over his skeletal muscles on the right side of his body. What lobe of his brain was damaged?

Match the following: -Includes the pineal gland and choroid plexus of the third ventricle

Sympathetic division fibers leave the spinal cord in the ________.

Fibers that carry information from the skin, joints, and skeletal muscles to the central nervous system are ________.

How many pairs of cranial nerves branch from the surface of the brain?

Using Figure 7.1, identify the following: -The neural processes that convey incoming messages toward the cell body are indicated by ________.

Both the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems operate with a chain of two motor neurons.

What part of the brain stem houses reflex centers for vision and hearing?

Using Figure 7.1, identify the following: -The axon is indicated by ________.

Which nervous system subdivision is a chain of two motor neurons consisting of a preganglionic neuron and a postganglionic neuron?

The central nervous system includes the spinal nerves and cranial nerves.

Cerebrospinal fluid circulates within the ventricles of the brain and also in the subarachnoid space outside the brain.

How does a transient ischemic attack (TIA) differ from a cerebrovascular accident (CVA or stroke)?

Which type of reflex involves skeletal muscles?

The large fiber tract that allows communication between the two cerebral hemispheres is called the ________.

One of the major functions of the pons is to produce releasing factors that control the function of the anterior pituitary.

There are 31 pairs of cranial nerves and 12 pairs of spinal nerves.

The thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus collectively constitute the ________.