BSC 2093C Exam 4 Practice Questions
with Correct/Verified Solutions 2026
Updated.
Grey matter - Answer cell bodies, little myelin
White Matter - Answer myelinated axons
Spinal tracts - Answer axons running up spinal chord that carry information
Decussation - Answer the anatomical crossing over of neurons from left to right
Epineurium - Answer surrounds the entire nerve
Perineurium - Answer surrounds each fascicle
Endoneurium - Answer delicate connective tissue around individual nerve fibers in nerve
Afferent Nerves - Answer sensory nerves, carry to CNS
Efferent Nerves - Answer motor nerves, carry away from CNS
Ganglion - Answer cluster of neurosomas outside the CNS
Cervial Plexus - Answer C1-C4
Brachial Plexus - Answer C5-T1
Lumbar Plexus - Answer L1-L4
Sacral Plexus - Answer L4-S4
Coccygeal Plexus - Answer S4-Co1
, Reflex - Answer a simple, automatic response to a sensory stimulus
Stretch Reflex - Answer the contraction of a muscle in response to stretch of that muscle
Flexor Reflex - Answer the quick contraction of flexor muscles resulting in the withdrawal of
a limb from an injurious stimulus
Rostral - Answer toward the head
Caudal - Answer toward the tail
Cerebrum - Answer Area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of the body
Cerebellum - Answer A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills
Diencephalon - Answer thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus
Brainstem - Answer the oldest part and central core of the brain, beginning where the spinal
cord swells as it enters the skull; the brainstem is responsible for automatic survival functions
Gyri - Answer elevated ridges
Sulci - Answer shallow grooves
Frontal lobe - Answer part of the brain that controls motor functions, motivation, planning,
memory, mood, emotion, social skills, aggression
Parietal lobe - Answer part of the brain that processes somatosensory information like taste
and vision
Occipital lobe - Answer Part of the brain that processes visual information
Temporal lobe - Answer part of the brain that is the primary receiving area for auditory
information, smell, memory
Cerebral cortex - Answer covering 2 mm of grey matter of the brain,
with Correct/Verified Solutions 2026
Updated.
Grey matter - Answer cell bodies, little myelin
White Matter - Answer myelinated axons
Spinal tracts - Answer axons running up spinal chord that carry information
Decussation - Answer the anatomical crossing over of neurons from left to right
Epineurium - Answer surrounds the entire nerve
Perineurium - Answer surrounds each fascicle
Endoneurium - Answer delicate connective tissue around individual nerve fibers in nerve
Afferent Nerves - Answer sensory nerves, carry to CNS
Efferent Nerves - Answer motor nerves, carry away from CNS
Ganglion - Answer cluster of neurosomas outside the CNS
Cervial Plexus - Answer C1-C4
Brachial Plexus - Answer C5-T1
Lumbar Plexus - Answer L1-L4
Sacral Plexus - Answer L4-S4
Coccygeal Plexus - Answer S4-Co1
, Reflex - Answer a simple, automatic response to a sensory stimulus
Stretch Reflex - Answer the contraction of a muscle in response to stretch of that muscle
Flexor Reflex - Answer the quick contraction of flexor muscles resulting in the withdrawal of
a limb from an injurious stimulus
Rostral - Answer toward the head
Caudal - Answer toward the tail
Cerebrum - Answer Area of the brain responsible for all voluntary activities of the body
Cerebellum - Answer A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills
Diencephalon - Answer thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus
Brainstem - Answer the oldest part and central core of the brain, beginning where the spinal
cord swells as it enters the skull; the brainstem is responsible for automatic survival functions
Gyri - Answer elevated ridges
Sulci - Answer shallow grooves
Frontal lobe - Answer part of the brain that controls motor functions, motivation, planning,
memory, mood, emotion, social skills, aggression
Parietal lobe - Answer part of the brain that processes somatosensory information like taste
and vision
Occipital lobe - Answer Part of the brain that processes visual information
Temporal lobe - Answer part of the brain that is the primary receiving area for auditory
information, smell, memory
Cerebral cortex - Answer covering 2 mm of grey matter of the brain,
