Exam 9: Nervous System

Match the cranial nerve with its function. -Sense of vision

The cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)is filtered out of the blood in the choroid plexus.

Cells that produce myelin for the cells of the brain and spinal cord are the

Myelinated bundles of axons in the central nervous system are called

Match the cranial nerve with its function. -Sensations of throat,taste,swallowing movements,secretion of saliva

Match the cranial nerve with its function. -Sense of smell

The primary auditory area is in the parietal lobe of the cerebrum.

Explain the disorder of multiple sclerosis.What are some possible causes?

The knee-jerk reflex uses one more neuron than does the withdrawal reflex.

The sympathetic nervous system is also called the craniosacral nervous system.

Match each of the terms with its function or description. -Structure that controls balance and muscle coordination

Match each of the terms with its function or description. -Ridge in the cerebrum

A nerve cell and a neuron are the same thing.

Match the cranial nerve with its function. -Hearing and sense of balance

Oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells have the same function but in different parts of the nervous system.

Match each of the terms with its correct definition or description. -Type of neuron that carries nerve impulses toward the central nervous system

Match each of the terms with its correct definition or description. -Type of nerve impulse that jumps from one node of Ranvier to the next

In which nervous system does the synapse between the preganglionic and postganglionic neurons usually occur some distance away from the spinal cord?

Match the cranial nerve with its function. -Tongue movements

Dopamine and serotonin are neurotransmitters that can act as natural pain killers.