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