BIOL 2301 - Exam 4 Review Sheet fully solved graded A+ 2023/2024

BIOL 2301 - Exam 4 Review SheetWhat is the CNS? - correct answer The nervous system that is involved in movement, interpreting sensory information, maintaining homeostasis, and involves functions relating to mind. What makes up the CNS? - correct answer brain and spinal cord What is the PNS? - correct answer The portion of the nervous system that is outside the brain and spinal cord. What makes up the PNS? - correct answer cranial and spinal nerves Which nervous system contains the autonomic nervous system? - correct answer PNS What does the ANS control? - correct answer the involuntary actions of smooth muscles, the hearts, and glands (splits into sympathetic and parasympathetic) Cerebrum - correct answer Hemispheres and the matter of the brain? Cerebellum - correct answer A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor skills. Brainstem - correct 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 Gyrus - correct answer A convoluted ridge between anatomical grooves. Sulci - correct answer shallow grooves Folia - correct answer folds of the cerebellum longitudinal fissure - correct answer separates cerebral hemispheres lateral fissure - correct answer the fissure that separates the temporal lobe from the overlying frontal and parietal lobes transverse fissure - correct answer separates cerebrum from cerebellum Pons - correct answer A brain structure that relays information from the cerebellum to the rest of the brain Diencephalon - correct answer thalamus, hypothalamus, epithalamus frontal lobe - correct answer associated with reasoning, planning, parts of speech, movement, emotions, and problem solving parietal lobe - correct answer A region of the cerebral cortex whose functions include processing information about touch. occipital lobe - correct answer A region of the cerebral cortex that processes visual information temporal lobe - correct answer A region of the cerebral cortex responsible for hearing and language. insula lobe - correct answer Deep within lateral sulcus, associated with visceral functions Which lobe holds the neurons responsible for visual processing? - correct answer Occipital lobe Which lobe is responsible for your decision-making skills and personality? - correct answer Prefrontal Cortex of the frontal lobe