CSCC Bio 2300-Structures of Brain-Questions and Correct Answers (Expert
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Neuron - ✔✔Structural unit of the nervous system.
Function of nervous tissue - ✔✔Send and receive signals and sensory information.
Central Nervous System - ✔✔Brain and Spinal Cord
Peripheral Nervous System - ✔✔Cranial nerves, spinal nerves, peripheral nerves... basically
everything neurological outside of the brain and spinal cord.
Nucleus/Nuclei - ✔✔Collection of cell bodies inside the CNS.
Ganglion/Ganglia - ✔✔Collection of cell bodies outside the CNS.
Nerve - ✔✔Collection of axons (nerve fibers)
Tract - ✔✔Collection of nerve fibers sharing a common function.
Gray Matter - ✔✔Location of cell bodies (nuclei) inside the CNS, it is superficial in the brain,
but deep in the spinal cord.
White Matter - ✔✔Location of myelinated axons inside the CNS, it is deep in the brain, but
superficial in the spinal cord.
Association tracts - ✔✔Collection of nerve fibers connecting the same hemisphere.
Commissural tracts - ✔✔Collection of nerve fibers connecting the opposite hemispheres
(crosses at the corpus callosum).
verified) / Latest Update 2024/2025/100% Pass
Neuron - ✔✔Structural unit of the nervous system.
Function of nervous tissue - ✔✔Send and receive signals and sensory information.
Central Nervous System - ✔✔Brain and Spinal Cord
Peripheral Nervous System - ✔✔Cranial nerves, spinal nerves, peripheral nerves... basically
everything neurological outside of the brain and spinal cord.
Nucleus/Nuclei - ✔✔Collection of cell bodies inside the CNS.
Ganglion/Ganglia - ✔✔Collection of cell bodies outside the CNS.
Nerve - ✔✔Collection of axons (nerve fibers)
Tract - ✔✔Collection of nerve fibers sharing a common function.
Gray Matter - ✔✔Location of cell bodies (nuclei) inside the CNS, it is superficial in the brain,
but deep in the spinal cord.
White Matter - ✔✔Location of myelinated axons inside the CNS, it is deep in the brain, but
superficial in the spinal cord.
Association tracts - ✔✔Collection of nerve fibers connecting the same hemisphere.
Commissural tracts - ✔✔Collection of nerve fibers connecting the opposite hemispheres
(crosses at the corpus callosum).
