Deck 2: Essay

Question 1

What are the functions of the hypothalamus?

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Question 2

What are the functions of the basal ganglia?

Answer 2

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Question 3

Differentiate between sulci and gyri.

Answer 3

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Question 4

How many layers are there in the cerebral cortex? What are the functions of each of the different cortical layers?

Question 5

Your friend acquired frontal lobe damage in a car accident.What symptoms are they likely to display?

Question 6

Differentiate between glial cells and neurons.

Question 7

What are the parts and functions of the limbic system?

Question 8

What are the principal structures and functions of the diencephalon?

Question 9

List the primary divisions of the central nervous system.

Question 10

What do the ventricles do?

Question 11

Differentiate between gray matter and white matter.

Question 12

What are the major functions of the cerebellum?

Question 13

What are the major subdivisions and structures within the midbrain?

Question 14

What is a stroke? What are the two major types of stroke?

Question 15

Identify the brain's primary functions.

Question 16

List the principal structures in the forebrain.

Question 17

Define the terms afferent and efferent.

Question 18

What is a dermatome?

Question 19

List the principal structures in the hindbrain.

Question 20

List the meninges from the outside to the surface of the brain.Where does the cerebrospinal fluid flow?

Question 21

What are the differences between the dorsal and ventral fibers of the spinal cord?

Question 22

What two pathways are used by the brain to separate sensory input for object recognition and motor control?

Question 23

Describe the enteric nervous system.

Question 24

Differentiate between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous systems.

Question 25

In relation to the brain,what do the terms symmetry and asymmetry mean?