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Central Nervous Syst
CNS
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are nerve endings called? | Receptors or recievers of information |
| What are nerve endings sensitive to in our skin? | Touch, pain, pressure, and temperature |
| What are the special nerves responsible for? | taste, smell, vision, hearing, and sense of postition of movement |
| What is the central nervous system called? | Power Station |
| What are the two parts of the nervous system? | Central and Peripheral |
| What does the central nervous system consist of? | brain and spinal cord |
| What does the peripheral nervous system consist of? | muscles, glands, skin, and other organs |
| What is the center of all nervous control? | Central Nervous System |
| What literally mean "stem-like portion" of the brain that connects the cerebrum with the spinal cord? | Brainstem |
| What is the control center for voluntary movements and that coordinates mental activity? | Cerebrum |
| What is the outer layer of the cerebrum? | Cerebral Cortex |
| What is the portion of the brain between the front and back halves of the brain? | Diencephalon |
| What two structures of the diencephalon are included? | thalamus and hypothalamus |
| What does the term thalamus mean which denotes its location in the brain? | inner chamber |
| What is the middle part of the brain called? | Midbrain |
| What is another name for midbrain? | mesencephalon |
| What is a small round mass of the brain tissue located in the posterior section of the cranial cavity? | Cerebellum |
| What are the three lobes in the Cerebellum? | Two lateral lobes and a central lobe |
| What is a structure acting like a bridge that lies anterior to the cerebellum and between the midbrain and the medulla? | Pons |
| What is more commonly called the medulla that has pons and soft tissue in the center of the spinal cord? | medulla oblogata |
| What is a tent-like covering over the cerebellum that is made of dura mater and supports occipitals lobes? | Tentorium |
| What is a column of nervous tissue that extends down the center of the vertebrae? | spinal cord |
| What is a root word that means spinal cord? | myelo |
| What are little, rounded cavities that contain cerebrospinal fluid in the center of the brain? | Ventricles |
| How many ventricles are in the brain? | Four |
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