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brain stem function - ANSWER -1. control heartbeat (cardiac center)
2.breathing (RR)
3.blood pressure (vasomotor center)
medulla oblongata function - ANSWER -regulating vital function (breathing,
digestion, heart rate)
midbrain function - ANSWER -relay center for visual/auditory impulses/motor
control
Pons function - ANSWER -Management of sleep, arousal, and facial expressions.
(4)
Cerebellum function - ANSWER -process and store information, coordinates
voluntary movements (posture, balance, speech)
diencephalon function - ANSWER -memory processing and emotional response
parts of diencephalon - ANSWER -thalamus and hypothalamus
Thalamus function - ANSWER -sensory relay station
hypothalamus function - ANSWER -water balance/bp/temp
regulation/hunger/thirst/sex.
cerebrum function - ANSWER -thinking,
personality,
sensations,
movements,
,memory
longitudinal fissure - ANSWER -separates the two hemispheres
corpus collosum function - ANSWER -Connect right and left hemispheres to
allow communication (white matter)
Lobes of the brain - ANSWER -frontal, parietal, occipital, temporal
temporal function - ANSWER -hearing/auditory
occipital function - ANSWER -Visual- colors, shapes, light
parietal function - ANSWER -sensory input for touch and body position
Frontal function - ANSWER --Voluntary movement, eye movement, speaking
-Personality
-Concentration, planning, and problem-solving
What do nerves contain? - ANSWER -nerve fibers, connective tissues, and blood
vessels
Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) - ANSWER -the sensory and motor neurons
that connect the central nervous system (CNS) to the rest of the body.
sensory neurons (afferent) - ANSWER -neurons that carry incoming information
from the sensory receptors to the brain and spinal cord
motor neurons (efferent neurons) - ANSWER -neurons that carry outgoing
information from the brain and spinal cord to the muscles and glands
How are sensory and motor distributed in the nerve? - ANSWER -roots of the
spinal nerves
ventricle root of spinal nerve - ANSWER -motor
, dorsal root of spinal nerve - ANSWER -carries afferent (sensory) information
mixed nerves - ANSWER -contain both sensory and motor fibers
trigemnial - ANSWER -a mixed nerve
Which cranial nerves are sensory? - ANSWER -olfactory, optic, vestibulocochlear
Which cranial nerves are motor? - ANSWER -oculomotor, trochlear, abducens,
accessory, hypoglossal
parts of a nephron - ANSWER -axon, dendrites, cell body
dendrites function in neuron - ANSWER -to receive signals to send to cell body
axon function - ANSWER -send signal from the neuron to the next cell
cell body function and signal type - ANSWER -location of nucleus and organelles
and is an electrical signal type
autonomic nervous system - ANSWER -sympathetic nervous system and
parasympathetic nervous system
Affects of Sympathetic Nervous System - ANSWER -Heart rate, Blood pressure,
breathing, sweating
Huge blood flow changes
Senses and perception changes
Parasympathetic NC is turned off or reduced
affects of parasympathetic system - ANSWER -
Meninges layers - ANSWER -1. dura mater
2. arachnoid
3. pia mater