Exam 3: Extension: A - Nervous System Organization

Cerebrospinal fluid is secreted into the ventricles by the _____.

Maps of the cortex based on the appearance of different cell types are termed _____ maps.

The CLARITY technique can be used to determine:

An interruption of the blood supply to the brain is called a:

The average human brain contains a combination of approximately _____ neurons and glial cells.

Your cerebral cortex is located in your _____.

Capillary blood vessels and neuronal cell bodies are characteristic of _____.

Brain tissue characterized by an intermixing of cell bodies and axons is called _____ matter.

Cells that support and insulate the nervous system are called _____.

Sensory and motor fibers that associate sensory and motor activity from one side of the body with the opposite side of the brain are called:

The outermost layer of the brain covering is called the _____.