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1. What are the basic
elements of a reflex
arc?
2. What is the minimum
number of neurons in a
reflex arc? Where is
the extra neuron in the
typical reflex arc?
7. Where are the
primary sensory area
and the primary motor
areas of the brain?
8. Why does the primary
sensory area have a
large area for the face,
but a small area for
the thigh, even though
the thigh is much
bigger?
3. What is the main
pathway between the
brain and the PNS?
9. Name the layers of
the meninges from
outside to inside.
4. What does CSF flow
through between the
third and fourth
ventricles? Where does
CSF go when it leaves
the brain?
10. What is the main
function of the
meninges?
5. What division of the
nervous system
produces movements in
skeletal muscle?
11. Name two major folds
of the meninges.
Where is each
located?
6. What does the central
sulcus separate?
12. What part of the brain
controls emotions?
Blood pressure and
swallowing?
13. Name and locate the
lobes of the brain.
20. What is the difference
between the
sympathetic and
parasympathetic
nervous systems?
14. What are the three
major structures of the
diencephalon?
15. What are the important
parts of the midbrain?
16. What are the four spinal
nerve plexuses?
17. Name four major nerves
of the arm and four
major nerves of the leg.
18. What spinal nerve
plexuses contribute to
the leg?
19. What is the largest
peripheral nerve in the
body?
21. What is the difference
between the
autonomic and
somatic nervous
systems?
22. Match:
(craniosacral/thoracol
umbar) with
(sympathetic/parasym
pathetic)
23. Match:
(motor/sensory) with
(efferent/afferent) and
(to CNS/from CNS)
24. Where are the nerve
cell bodies of sensory
nerves located?
25. Describe the knee
tendon reflex and the
withdrawal (jerk)
reflex.
26. What is the function of
the olfactory area,
gustatory area, and
Broca’s area?
27. What type of neurons
are found in gray
matter?
28. What nerve innervates
the heart?
29. What separates: the
cerebrum from the
cerebellum? The two
cerebral hemispheres?
The frontal and parietal
lobes? The temporal
and frontal lobes?
31. What are the cervical
and lumbar
enlargements?
32. What is the cauda
equina?
33. What do the thoracic
spinal nerves do?
34. Name two major folds
in the meninges, and
locate them.
35. What is a gyrus, a
sulcus, a fissure, and a
lobe?
36. What does the
cerebellum do? The
thalamus?
30. What is a spinal tap?
37. ?
38. Name and give the
function of six types of
neuroglial cells
44. Describe the structure
and function of the
corpus callosum
39. What makes white
matter white?
45. What is a ventricle?
40. How is an action
potential conducted
down an axon
41. Describe the location of
gray and white matter
in the brain and spinal
cord.
42. Name the twelve cranial
nerves. What does each
cranial nerve do?
43. Describe the two roots
and the rami of a typical
spinal nerve.
46. Describe the structure
and function of a
synapse.