BMS 595- Exam 3 questions and complete solutions
A+ updated to pass
1. What is the 8. Diencephal has two major parts
basic
functional unit
of the nervous
sys- tem?
2. The human
ner- vous
system con-
tains two
major parts
3. Central
Nervous
system
structure
4. How many
pairs of spinal
nerves are
there?
5. How many
pairs of cranial
nerves?
6. 3 major areas
of the brain
7. 4 major lobes
of the brain
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neuron 31
12
Central Nervous system and
Peripheral nervous system
cerebrum(telencephalon, diencephalon), brain stem (medulla oblongata,
pons, midbrain), cerebellum
frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
brain, spinal cord, nerves
thalamus and hypothalamus
9. Thalamus relays signals and stimuli between lower brain centers and cerebral cortex
10. hypothalamus maintains homeostasis, monitors temp, blood glucose, hormones,
signal pituitary via releasing factors, signals the lower neural center
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,BMS 595- Exam 3 questions and complete solutions
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11. Brainstem midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata, reflexes, all control centers are located here
con- sist of
12. gray matterregions of brain and spinal cord made up of cell bodies and dendrites of nerve
in the brain cells
13. white matter contains tracts or pathways made up of bundles of myelinated nerve fiber
14. white matter ascending and descending signals
car- ry
15. Each spinal nerve somatic and visceral atterent (sensory) and etterent (motor)
is a mixed nerve
containing
16. somatic controls the body's skeletal muscles.
nervous
system
controls most visceral functions
17. autonomic
ner- vous
system con-
trols
18. sympathetic responsible for increasing activity in most system (except GI); adrenergic
fibers
release epinephrine
19. parasympathetic responsible for slowing activity in most systems; cholinergic fibers
release acetyl- choline
20. In the autonom- ic motor sys- tem, motor path-
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,BMS 595- Exam 3 questions and complete solutions
A+ updated to pass
ways include a preganglionlic fiber that leaves the CNS and Postganglionic fiber that
two fibers innervates the ettector
4/
115
A+ updated to pass
1. What is the 8. Diencephal has two major parts
basic
functional unit
of the nervous
sys- tem?
2. The human
ner- vous
system con-
tains two
major parts
3. Central
Nervous
system
structure
4. How many
pairs of spinal
nerves are
there?
5. How many
pairs of cranial
nerves?
6. 3 major areas
of the brain
7. 4 major lobes
of the brain
1/
115
,BMS 595- Exam 3 questions and complete solutions
A+ updated to pass
neuron 31
12
Central Nervous system and
Peripheral nervous system
cerebrum(telencephalon, diencephalon), brain stem (medulla oblongata,
pons, midbrain), cerebellum
frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
brain, spinal cord, nerves
thalamus and hypothalamus
9. Thalamus relays signals and stimuli between lower brain centers and cerebral cortex
10. hypothalamus maintains homeostasis, monitors temp, blood glucose, hormones,
signal pituitary via releasing factors, signals the lower neural center
2/
115
,BMS 595- Exam 3 questions and complete solutions
A+ updated to pass
11. Brainstem midbrain, pons, medulla oblongata, reflexes, all control centers are located here
con- sist of
12. gray matterregions of brain and spinal cord made up of cell bodies and dendrites of nerve
in the brain cells
13. white matter contains tracts or pathways made up of bundles of myelinated nerve fiber
14. white matter ascending and descending signals
car- ry
15. Each spinal nerve somatic and visceral atterent (sensory) and etterent (motor)
is a mixed nerve
containing
16. somatic controls the body's skeletal muscles.
nervous
system
controls most visceral functions
17. autonomic
ner- vous
system con-
trols
18. sympathetic responsible for increasing activity in most system (except GI); adrenergic
fibers
release epinephrine
19. parasympathetic responsible for slowing activity in most systems; cholinergic fibers
release acetyl- choline
20. In the autonom- ic motor sys- tem, motor path-
3/
115
,BMS 595- Exam 3 questions and complete solutions
A+ updated to pass
ways include a preganglionlic fiber that leaves the CNS and Postganglionic fiber that
two fibers innervates the ettector
4/
115
