The soft inner layer of the meninges is the: - answers pia mater
Cerebrospinal fluid returns back to the blood in the: - answers arachnoid villi
White matter in the spinal cord is: - answers is organized into tracts and columns
Where are vital reflex centers located? - answers medulla
Which tracts compose the corpus callosum? - answers commissural tracts
Which lobe controls somatic motor functions? - answers frontal
Which part of the brain plays a role in sleeping? - answers Pineal body
The part of the brain responsible for speaking? - answers Broca's area
Which of the following are decending tracts?
spinothalamic
spinocerebellar
spinocortical
reticulospinal - answers reticulospinal
Which of the following cranial nerves is sensory?
Optic
Oculomotor
Hypoglossal
Vagus - answers Optic
What receptors are activated by temperature changes? - answers thermoreceptors
What equalizes pressure in the middle ear? - answers eustachian tube
What holds the lens in place? - answers suspensory ligaments
, Focusing on near objects requires: - answers pupil constriction
lens bulging
convergence of eyes
What happens during an action potential? - answers Sodium channels open and allow
sodium to enter the cell
What ion bonds to vesicles to release the neurotransmitter? - answers calcium
What is the threshold stimulus? - answers The minimal strength required to cause a
contraction
the minimal voltage needed for an action potential
What layer of the meninges is an extension of the periosteum? - answers Dura mater
What connects the 3rd and 4th ventricle? - answers cerebral aqueduct
What links the nervous and endocrine system - answers hypothalamus
Which is not part of the diencephalon?
pineal body
hypothalamus
vermis
thalamus - answers Vermis
Which cranial nerve secretes saliva and tears?
trigeminal
vestibulocochlear
vagus
facial - answers facial
Which of the following nerves is mixed?
Trigeminal
Optic
Vestibulocochlear
Oculomotor - answers Trigeminal
All spinal nerves are_____? - answers mixed
What cranial nerve is responsible for rotating the eye? - answers Trochlear
What is the function of the cochlea? - answers contains hearing receptors
What seperates the external ear from the middle ear? - answers tympanic membrane