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Brain & Nerves
A&P class
40
Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
03/24/2008

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Term
Name the meninges
Definition
Pia Mater, Arachoid, and Dura Mater
Term
Name the 3 Parts of the Brain
Definition
Cerebrum, Diensephalon, and Brain Stem
Term
What lies on top of the brain and spinal cord?
Definition
Pia Mater
Term
What is the outer most meninge of thr brain?
Definition
Dura Mater
Term
Whta is the middle meninge of the brain?
Definition
Arachnoid
Term
What are the parts of the brain stem?
Definition
Mid brain, Pons, Medulla Oblongota, and Cerebellum
Term
What is the main part of the brain?
Definition
Cerebrum
Term
What are the parts of the Diencepalon?
Definition
Thalamus and Hypothalamus
Term
What are Gyri?
Definition
Folds in the brain
Term
What do Longitudinal Fissue do?
Definition
divide the cerebrum into right and left hemispheres.
Term

Where is the sulci located?

Definition
In the cerebrum
Term
What is the cerebral cortex?
Definition
thin layer of gray matter located in the cerebrum
Term
What connects the right and left hemisphere?
Definition
Corpus Collosum
Term

Nmae the lobes of the cerebrum

 

Definition
Frontal, Parietal, Temporal, Occipital, and Insula
Term
Name the 3 areas of the cerebrum.
Definition
Motor, Sensory, and Association
Term
Name the regions of grey matter
Definition
Anterior, posterior,and lateral gray horns
Term

Name the regions of White matter

Definition
Anterior, Posterior, and lateral funiculi
Term
What does the peripheral nervous system include?
Definition
Alll nerves in the body and ganglia
Term
Afferent is what kind of nerve fiber?
Definition
sensory
Term
Efferent is what type of nerve fiber?
Definition
motor
Term
How many pairs of spinal nerves are there?
Definition
31
Term
How many pairs of cervical nerves are there?
Definition
8
Term
How many pairs of thoracic nerves are there?
Definition
12
Term
how many pairs of lumbar nerves are there?
Definition
5
Term
How many pairs of sacral nerves are there?
Definition
5
Term

How many pairs of cockerel nerves are there?

Definition
1
Term
What does rami mean?
Definition
roots
Term
What are dorsal rami?
Definition
Cell bodies of sensory nerves
Term
What nerve does the Cervical plexus contain?
Definition

Phrenic Nerve

Term
What nerves does the brachial plexus contain?
Definition
Axiallary, Musculocutaneous, Radial, Median, Ulnar
Term
Lamar plexus contain what nerves?
Definition
Femoral and Obturator
Term
Sacral plexus contains what nerve?
Definition
Sciatic
Term
What type of nerves do not form plexus?
Definition
Inercostal nerves
Term
Name the cranial nerves (On Old Olympus Towering Tops A Friendly Viking Grew Vines and Hops)
Definition

On-Olfactory

Old- Optic

Olympus- Oculomotor

Towering- Trochelear

Tops- Trigeninal

A- Abducens

Friendly- Facial

Viking- Vestibulochlear

Grew- Glossopharyngeal

Vines-Vagues

And-Accessory

Hops- Hypoglossal

Term
What is the pathway for the refex arc?
Definition
Receptor, Sensory neuron, Center, Motor Neuron, Effector
Term
What are the 2 divisons of the Autonomic nervous system?
Definition
Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
Term
What are the 2 neurons in the visceral efferent pathway?
Definition
Preganglionic and Postganglonic neurons
Term
Where are preganglionic neurons?
Definition
cell bodies in brain or spinal cord
Term
What does the Atomomic nervous system do?
Definition
regulates activites of smooth muscles, cardiac muscles, and certain glands
Term
Where is the postganglion located?
Definition
entirely outside the CNS
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