Aphasia Exam 1 Study Guide ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS

Aphasia Exam 1 Study Guide ACTUAL
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
Central Nervous System (CNS) - CORRECT ANSWERS consists of the
brain and spinal cord


Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - CORRECT ANSWERS the sensory
and motor neurons that connect the central nervous system (CNS) to the rest of
the body


Horizontal/ Transverse plane - CORRECT ANSWERS splits into top
and bottom


Coronal plane - CORRECT ANSWERS splits into front and back


Sagittal plane - CORRECT ANSWERS splits into equal left and right


Parasagittal plane - CORRECT ANSWERS splits into uneven left and
right


Sensory neuron - CORRECT ANSWERS transmits sensory afferent
impulses to the CNS


Motor neuron - CORRECT ANSWERS transmits efferent impulses to
the PNS to stimulate movement


Efferent - CORRECT ANSWERS away; motor neurons


Afferent - CORRECT ANSWERS towards; sensory neurons

, Dorsal view of brain - CORRECT ANSWERS top down view of the
brain


Ventral view of brain - CORRECT ANSWERS down up view of the
brain


Lateral view of brain - CORRECT ANSWERS side view of the brain


Medial view of the brain - CORRECT ANSWERS middle view of brain


Bilateral - CORRECT ANSWERS both sides


Ipsilateral - CORRECT ANSWERS one side


Contralateral - CORRECT ANSWERS opposite side


Neurons - CORRECT ANSWERS a nerve cell; the basic building block
of the nervous system


glial cells - CORRECT ANSWERS cells in the nervous system that
support, nourish, and protect neurons


Soma - CORRECT ANSWERS cell body


Neurite - CORRECT ANSWERS a thin tube extending from a neuronal
cell body; the two types are axons and dendrites