GCU BIO 201 HUMAN ANATOMY AND
PHYSIOLOGY I EXAMINATION PREP STUDY
GUIDE LATEST UPDATED PRACTICE
SOLUTION VERIFIED 100 PERCENT
◉ Central Nervous System. Answer: brain and spinal cord
◉ Rostral. Answer: toward forehead
◉ Caudal. Answer: Toward cord
◉ longitudinal fissure. Answer: divides cerebral hemispheres
◉ Gyri. Answer: folds
◉ Sulci. Answer: grooves
◉ cortex. Answer: surface layer of gray matter
◉ Nuclei (in brain). Answer: deeper masses of gray matter
("mini brains" cluster of cell bodies)
, ◉ tracts. Answer: bundles of axons (white matter)
◉ Gray matter. Answer: neuron cell bodies, dendrites, and synapses
(on outside of brain)
◉ White matter. Answer: bundles of axons; forms tracts that connect
parts of brain
(on inside of brain)
◉ Dura mater. Answer: Outermost layer of the meninges, tough
membrane
◉ Epidural space. Answer: Filled with fat in low back
◉ Subdural space. Answer: between dura mater and arachnoid mater
◉ Arachnoid layer. Answer: middle layer, wed-like
◉ Pia mater. Answer: thin, delicate inner membrane of the meninges
(lies on gyri of brain)
◉ Meningitis. Answer: inflammation of meninges
usually found in infants
PHYSIOLOGY I EXAMINATION PREP STUDY
GUIDE LATEST UPDATED PRACTICE
SOLUTION VERIFIED 100 PERCENT
◉ Central Nervous System. Answer: brain and spinal cord
◉ Rostral. Answer: toward forehead
◉ Caudal. Answer: Toward cord
◉ longitudinal fissure. Answer: divides cerebral hemispheres
◉ Gyri. Answer: folds
◉ Sulci. Answer: grooves
◉ cortex. Answer: surface layer of gray matter
◉ Nuclei (in brain). Answer: deeper masses of gray matter
("mini brains" cluster of cell bodies)
, ◉ tracts. Answer: bundles of axons (white matter)
◉ Gray matter. Answer: neuron cell bodies, dendrites, and synapses
(on outside of brain)
◉ White matter. Answer: bundles of axons; forms tracts that connect
parts of brain
(on inside of brain)
◉ Dura mater. Answer: Outermost layer of the meninges, tough
membrane
◉ Epidural space. Answer: Filled with fat in low back
◉ Subdural space. Answer: between dura mater and arachnoid mater
◉ Arachnoid layer. Answer: middle layer, wed-like
◉ Pia mater. Answer: thin, delicate inner membrane of the meninges
(lies on gyri of brain)
◉ Meningitis. Answer: inflammation of meninges
usually found in infants
