PLTW Biomed Final Exam
Questions and Answers
1. a microscopic examination of the tissues that make up the brain.
Can see with your eyes and can be handled by hand.
Answer gross exam
2. what professional would perform a gross exam of organs?
Answer medical examiners
3. studies microscopic anatomy of tissues. needs to use a
microscope to see individual cells.
Answer histological exam
4. what professional would perform a histological exam of tissues?
Answer forensic histolo- gist, histologist
5. contains the brain, brain stem, spinal cord, and nerves. it is
responsible for receiving, interpreting, and reacting to signals
from inside and outside the body. uses chemical and electrical
signals that transmit through the body, and responds to changes
that it detects. nerve signals control most bodily functions,
including sensation, movement, and digestive processes.
Answer nervous system
,6. all the nerves in the body are part of the peripheral nervous
system. the PNS brings information from the outside world and from
within the body to the CNS.
Answer PNS
7. the brain and spinal cord are part of the central nervous system.
the CNS re- ceives data from the PNS (outside world). the brain
processes the information, makes decisions about what to do, and
sends signals back via the peripheral nervous system to bring about
a specific change.
Answer CNS
8. responsible for planning and organizing incoming information.
also controls behavior and emotion.
Answer frontal lobe
9. crucial in integrating sensory and visual information.
Answer parietal lobe
10. used for processing language and storing information in
the long-term memory.
Answer temporal lobe
11. receives and processes sensory nerve impulses from the eyes.
, Answer occipital lobe
12. 2 methods used in performing a gross exam of a brain during
an autopsy
Answer -
1)MRI(Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
2)Slices, Cross sections
13. a brain dysfunction caused by an outside force to the head
Answer TBI(Traumatic Brain
Injury)
14. a progressive degeneration, and/or death, of nerve cells
caused by repeated head injuries, such as repeated concussions
Answer CTE
15. basic unit for any organism such as a neuron that transmits
information to other cells
Answer cells
16. composed of cells, and if relating this to nervous tissue it has
both neurons and cells, which senses stimuli and transmits signals
Questions and Answers
1. a microscopic examination of the tissues that make up the brain.
Can see with your eyes and can be handled by hand.
Answer gross exam
2. what professional would perform a gross exam of organs?
Answer medical examiners
3. studies microscopic anatomy of tissues. needs to use a
microscope to see individual cells.
Answer histological exam
4. what professional would perform a histological exam of tissues?
Answer forensic histolo- gist, histologist
5. contains the brain, brain stem, spinal cord, and nerves. it is
responsible for receiving, interpreting, and reacting to signals
from inside and outside the body. uses chemical and electrical
signals that transmit through the body, and responds to changes
that it detects. nerve signals control most bodily functions,
including sensation, movement, and digestive processes.
Answer nervous system
,6. all the nerves in the body are part of the peripheral nervous
system. the PNS brings information from the outside world and from
within the body to the CNS.
Answer PNS
7. the brain and spinal cord are part of the central nervous system.
the CNS re- ceives data from the PNS (outside world). the brain
processes the information, makes decisions about what to do, and
sends signals back via the peripheral nervous system to bring about
a specific change.
Answer CNS
8. responsible for planning and organizing incoming information.
also controls behavior and emotion.
Answer frontal lobe
9. crucial in integrating sensory and visual information.
Answer parietal lobe
10. used for processing language and storing information in
the long-term memory.
Answer temporal lobe
11. receives and processes sensory nerve impulses from the eyes.
, Answer occipital lobe
12. 2 methods used in performing a gross exam of a brain during
an autopsy
Answer -
1)MRI(Magnetic Resonance Imaging)
2)Slices, Cross sections
13. a brain dysfunction caused by an outside force to the head
Answer TBI(Traumatic Brain
Injury)
14. a progressive degeneration, and/or death, of nerve cells
caused by repeated head injuries, such as repeated concussions
Answer CTE
15. basic unit for any organism such as a neuron that transmits
information to other cells
Answer cells
16. composed of cells, and if relating this to nervous tissue it has
both neurons and cells, which senses stimuli and transmits signals
