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Anatomy & Physiology Chapter 7 (Part 2) Study Guide
1. What makes up the central nervous system (CNS)?
2. The elevated ridges of tissue on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres are known as
________________ while the shallow grooves are termed _________________.
3. The ______________ lobe of the brain controls the skeletal muscles of the body.
4. What part of the brain controls the ability to speak?
5. The brain stem is made up of three sections. What are they? What does each section
control?
6. The pituitary gland is most often associated with the _______________________.
7. What is cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)? What part of the brain creates CSF? Where does CSF flow
within the brain?
8. The area of the brain stem that plays a role in consciousness and the awake/sleep cycles is
the _________________________________.
9. Control of temperature, endocrine activity, metabolism, and thirst are functions associated
with the __________________________.
10. The vital centers for the control of visceral activities such as heart rate, breathing, blood
pressure, swallowing, and vomiting are located in the ______________________.
11. What region of the brain is responsible for muscle coordination? What happens when that
area is damaged? What is the diagnosis associated with damage to that area?
12. What are the meninges? What role/purpose do they play? What are the three layers?
13. ____________________ are deep grooves that separate the lobes of the brain.
14. What is the blood-brain barrier? What is it effective against? What can pass through it?
15. One of the major functions of the pons is to control ______________________.
16. The portion of the diencephalon that acts as a relay station for sensory impulses traveling
to the sensory cortex is the ____________________.
17. A _________________ is a type of traumatic brain injury that results in marked tissue
destruction.
18. The diencephalon is made up of three sections. What are they? What does each control?
19. What is Huntington’s disease? What is Parkinson’s disease? What is Alzheimer’s disease?
20. How does a transient ischemic attack (TIA) differ from a cerebrovascular accident (CVA)?
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