BMS 300 exam 2 with correct answers

BMS 300 exam 2 with correct answers

nervous system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the control system of the body that takes in
information and elicits a response from either muscles or glands



sensory input - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔incoming information from the body or external
environment



integration - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the process of interpreting and selecting of response to a
stimuli that occurs only in the central nervous system



response - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the outcome of integration elicited by the peripheral
nervous system that occurs by activating an effect organ



central nervous system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔nervous system consisting of the brain and
spinal cord



peripheral nervous system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔nervous system consisting of all nerves
outside the brain and spinal cord



nerves (in PNS) - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a bundle of nerve cell processes in PNS



tracts - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a bundle of axons in the white matter of the spinal cord that
have specific destinations



sensory input - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the afferent part of the PNS that carries information
towards the CNS



somatic afferents - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔sensory neurons of the PNS that carry
information about the skin, skeletal muscles, and joints

,visceral afferents - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔sensory neurons of the PNS that carry information
about the body's organs



afferents - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔nerves that carry information towards the CNS



efferents - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔nerves that carry information away from the CNS



motor output - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the efferent part of the PNS that carries information
away from the CNS and elicits a response



somatic nervous system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a subdivision of the PNS motor output that
uses motor neurons to activate skeletal muscles



voluntary nervous system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔somatic nervous system



autonomic nervous system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a subdivision of the PNS motor output
that regulates organ activity and bodily fluids



involuntary nervous system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔autonomic nervous system



sympathetic nervous system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a subdivision of the autonomic
nervous system that is responsible for the "flight" or "fight" response



parasympathetic nervous system - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a subdivision of the autonomic
nervous system that is responsible for the rest and digest response



spinal cord - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1 of the 5 major parts of the CNS that is the most caudal
part of the CNS, has 31 pairs of spinal nerves, and controls and receives sensory information from
the skin , joints, and muscles of the limbs and trunk

, brain stem - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1 of the 5 major parts of the CNS that is an extension of
the spinal cord that is responsible for the skin and muscles of the head and is the origin of cranial
nerves



diencephalon - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1 of the 5 major parts of the CNS that lies costal to
the midbrain and contains the thalamus and hypothalamus



thalamus - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the relay site of the cerebral cortex



hypothalamus - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔control center of autonomic nervous system,
endocrine system, and visceral functions



cerebrum - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1 of the 5 major parts of the CNS that has 4 lobes with 3
major functional types: sensory, associative, and motor



cerebellum* - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔1 of the 5 major parts of the CNS



pia matter - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔most adjacent layer to the spinal cord of 3 layers
surrounding the spinal cord



arachnoid layer - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔middle layer of the 3 layers surrounding the spinal
cord



dura matter - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔outer most layer of the 3 layers surrounding the spinal
cord



central canal - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔the canal running the length of the spinal cord that is
an extension of the ventricular stem in the brain



gray matter - ** VERIFIED ANSWERS **✔✔a collection of cell bodies and unmyelinated axons