CHAPTER 4 – NEUROANATOMY EXAM QUESTIONS WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS
Brain - ANSWER-Directly controls our thoughts, emotions, and motivations. Localization of function - ANSWER-Refers to the specific areas of the brain that control specific skills or behaviours. Anatomy - ANSWER-Field in the biological sciences concerned with the identification and description of the body structures of living things. Nervous System - ANSWER-Is one of the ten organ systems (circulatory, digestive, endocrine, integumentary, muscular, nervous, reproductive, respiratory, skeletal and urinary) of the body responsible for receiving, processing, and then responding to information from the environment. Central Nervous System (CNS) - ANSWER-Consists of brain and spinal cord. Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - ANSWER-Consists of the nerves. Somatic nervous system - ANSWER-Consists of the nerves that convey messages from the sense organs to the CNS and from the CNS to the muscles and glands. Autonomic nervous system . - ANSWER-Set of neurons that receives information from and sends commands to the heart, intestines and other organs. Sympathetic Nervous System - ANSWER-A network of nerves that prepare the body's organs for vigorous activity (ex: increased breathing, heart rate and decrease digestive activity) Parasympathetic Nervous System - ANSWER-Facilitates vegetative, nonemergency responses by the body's organs. Promotes general energy-conserving, nonemergency functions (decrease of heart rate and increase in digestive activity). Forebrain - ANSWER-Is the region of the brain located toward the top and front of the brain. Cerebral Cortex - ANSWER-Outer layer of the cerebral hemispheres; plays vital role in our thinking and other mental processes.
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