NU 670 WEEK 1 QUIZ REVIEW
What are the main components of the central nervous system? - answer the brain and
spinal cord
What does the peripheral nervous system PNS connect to the CNS? - answer
Receptors, muscles and glands
What is the role of the somatic nervous system? - answer It conveys information from
the CNS to Skeletal Muscles and is responsible for voluntary movement.
How does the autonomic nervous system regulate body functions? - answer By
conveying information from the CNS to smooth muscles, cardiac muscle, and glands,
and is responsible for involuntary movement.
What are the primary functions of the sympathetic nervous system? - answer It
prepares the body for fight or flight and increases acitivity in organs.
How does the parasympathetic nervous restore energy? - answerIt decreases the
activity of organs and restores energy.
What is the function of the brain stem? - answerBreathing, sleep & arousal, relaying
sensory information
What is the function of the Cerebellum? - answerMovement and equilibrium
What is the function of the Cerebrum? - answerHigher brain functions like thought and
action.
What is the role of the corpus callosum? - answerIt is a large bundle of white matter that
facilitates communication between the two hemispheres of the brain.
How does the cerebral cortex control the body? - answerIt controls the contralateral side
of the body and processes sensory information, speech, cognition, judgement,
perception, and other function.
What functions are regulated by the hypothalamus? - answerAppetite, hunger, thirst,
water balance, circadian rhythms, body temperature, libido, and hormonal regulation.
What functions are regulated by the thalamus? - answerSensory relay station, regulates
emotions, memory and related affective behaviors.
What are the main components of the central nervous system? - answer the brain and
spinal cord
What does the peripheral nervous system PNS connect to the CNS? - answer
Receptors, muscles and glands
What is the role of the somatic nervous system? - answer It conveys information from
the CNS to Skeletal Muscles and is responsible for voluntary movement.
How does the autonomic nervous system regulate body functions? - answer By
conveying information from the CNS to smooth muscles, cardiac muscle, and glands,
and is responsible for involuntary movement.
What are the primary functions of the sympathetic nervous system? - answer It
prepares the body for fight or flight and increases acitivity in organs.
How does the parasympathetic nervous restore energy? - answerIt decreases the
activity of organs and restores energy.
What is the function of the brain stem? - answerBreathing, sleep & arousal, relaying
sensory information
What is the function of the Cerebellum? - answerMovement and equilibrium
What is the function of the Cerebrum? - answerHigher brain functions like thought and
action.
What is the role of the corpus callosum? - answerIt is a large bundle of white matter that
facilitates communication between the two hemispheres of the brain.
How does the cerebral cortex control the body? - answerIt controls the contralateral side
of the body and processes sensory information, speech, cognition, judgement,
perception, and other function.
What functions are regulated by the hypothalamus? - answerAppetite, hunger, thirst,
water balance, circadian rhythms, body temperature, libido, and hormonal regulation.
What functions are regulated by the thalamus? - answerSensory relay station, regulates
emotions, memory and related affective behaviors.
