Chapter 11–13
1. What are the 4 regions of the brain?
2. What structures make up the diencephalon?
3. What structures make up the brain stem?
4. Where does the spinal cord start?
5. What do we call the end of the spinal cord?
6. What is the function of the cerebellum?
7. How many lobes are in the cerebrum, name them?
8. List the ways neurotransmitters are removed from the synaptic cleft?
9. “SAM” is the acronym for what in relation to the nervous system?
10. What does cephal(o)- mean?
11. What does crani(o)- mean?
12. What horn of the spinal cord contains motor neurons of the somatic nervous system?
13. What system is also referred to as out “emotional brain”?
14. List the 3 meninges from outermost to innermost.
15. Which meninx is the innermost meninx?
16. Spinal nerves from L4-S4 make up what plexus?
17. Spinal nerves from C5–T1 make up what plexus?
18. The ability to learn specific information is called what type of memory?
19. What type of sleep is important for memory?
20. Median nerve damage may be a result of damage to what plexus?
21. Where are the vital centers for control of heart rate, respiratory rate and vomiting
centers located in?
22. What separates the parietal lobe and the frontal lobe?
23. What connects the two hemispheres?
24. What type of matter (gray or white) is the cerebral cortex made of?
25. Corpus callosum, spinal tracts, outer portion of spinal cord, inner layer of brain are made
of what matter (gray or white)?
26. What type of information is the visceral association area give us?
27. Sensory nerves are also known as _______ nerves.
28. Motor nerves are also known as _________ nerves
29. What glial cells produce myelin sheath in the CNS?
30. What glia cells produce myelin sheath in the PNS?
31. What is the tree-like cerebellar white matter called?
32. Your patient can trace a picture of a horse but can’t tell you what it is he drew has most
likely damaged what are of the brain?
33. What is the gap between two neurons called?
34. A person knows what they want to say but have difficulty verbalizing the words. Where is
the problem?
35. A person can speak very well but his sentences do not make any sense. Where is the
problem?
36. A neuron with cell bodies inside the CNS that connects other neurons together is
referred to as what type of neurons?
37. The PNS consists of what?
