Health Assessment Final UTMB
What makes up the nervous system? - correct answer-The brain and spinal cord
What space surrounds the brain and spinal cord, is filled with cerebrospinal fluid and
provides cushion, nourishes the CNS and removes waste materials? - correct
answer-Subarachnoid space
What is the subarachniod space and what does it do? ( 3 things) - correct answer-It
surrounds the brain and spinal cord and is filled with cerebrospinal fluid which is formed in
the ventricles or the brain and flows through the ventricle into the space
-provides cushion
-nourishes the CNS
-removes waste materials
Name the four divisions of the brain - correct answer-Cerebrum
Diencephalon
Brain stem
Cerebellum
What is the cerebrum composed of? - correct answer-the right and left cerebral hemispheres
the corpus callosum
What are the four lobes of the cerebral hemispheres? - correct answer-Parietal
Frontal
Occipital
Temporal
This bundle of nerve fibers is responsible for communication between cerebral hemispheres
- correct answer-Corpus Callosum
What does gray matter in the cerebral lobes do? - correct answer-Mediates higher-level
functions such as:
-Memory
-Perception
-Communication
-Initiation of voluntary movements
Where is the diencephalon located? - correct answer-Beneath the cerebral hemispheres
The diencephalon consists of? (2 things) - correct answer-The hypothalamus and thalamus
The thalamus is responsible for what? - correct answer-Screening and directing impulses to
specific areas in the cerebral cortex
The hypothalamus regulates what body functions? (6) - correct answer--water balance
, -appetite
-vital signs( BP, Respiratory rate,Temp,Pulse)
-sleep cycles
-pain perception
-emotional status
Where is the brain stem located? - correct answer-Between the cerebral cortex and the
spinal cord
Name the 3 parts of the brain stem - correct answer--Midbrain
-Pons
-Medulla Oblongata
This serves as a relay system for ear and eye reflexes and relays impulses between the
higher cerebral centers and the lower pons, medulla,cerebellum and spinal cord - correct
answer-The Midbrain
What does the pons "link"? - correct answer-The cerebellum to the cerebrum and the
midbrain to the medulla
This is located in the brain stem and responsible for various reflex actions - correct
answer-The pons
The medulla oblongata contains what? (2 things) - correct answer--Nuclei for the cranial
nerves
-Centers that control and regulate respiratory function, heart rate and force, and blood
pressure
Where is the cerebellum located? - correct answer-Behind the brain stem and under the
cerebrum
What are the primary functions of the cerebellum? (3) - correct answer-1.) Coordination and
smoothing of voluntary movements
2.) maintenance of equilibrium
3.) maintenance of muscle tone
Where is the spinal cord located? - correct answer-In the vertebral canal and extends from
the medulla oblongata to the first lumbar vertebra
Name the two pairs of columns of the spinal cord - correct answer-The dorsal and ventral
Name 3 things the spinal cord is responsible for - correct answer-1.) Conducts sensory
impulses up ascending tracts to the brain
2.) Conducts motor impulses down descending tracts to neurons that stimulate glands and
muscles throughout the body
3.) Simple reflex activity
What makes up the nervous system? - correct answer-The brain and spinal cord
What space surrounds the brain and spinal cord, is filled with cerebrospinal fluid and
provides cushion, nourishes the CNS and removes waste materials? - correct
answer-Subarachnoid space
What is the subarachniod space and what does it do? ( 3 things) - correct answer-It
surrounds the brain and spinal cord and is filled with cerebrospinal fluid which is formed in
the ventricles or the brain and flows through the ventricle into the space
-provides cushion
-nourishes the CNS
-removes waste materials
Name the four divisions of the brain - correct answer-Cerebrum
Diencephalon
Brain stem
Cerebellum
What is the cerebrum composed of? - correct answer-the right and left cerebral hemispheres
the corpus callosum
What are the four lobes of the cerebral hemispheres? - correct answer-Parietal
Frontal
Occipital
Temporal
This bundle of nerve fibers is responsible for communication between cerebral hemispheres
- correct answer-Corpus Callosum
What does gray matter in the cerebral lobes do? - correct answer-Mediates higher-level
functions such as:
-Memory
-Perception
-Communication
-Initiation of voluntary movements
Where is the diencephalon located? - correct answer-Beneath the cerebral hemispheres
The diencephalon consists of? (2 things) - correct answer-The hypothalamus and thalamus
The thalamus is responsible for what? - correct answer-Screening and directing impulses to
specific areas in the cerebral cortex
The hypothalamus regulates what body functions? (6) - correct answer--water balance
, -appetite
-vital signs( BP, Respiratory rate,Temp,Pulse)
-sleep cycles
-pain perception
-emotional status
Where is the brain stem located? - correct answer-Between the cerebral cortex and the
spinal cord
Name the 3 parts of the brain stem - correct answer--Midbrain
-Pons
-Medulla Oblongata
This serves as a relay system for ear and eye reflexes and relays impulses between the
higher cerebral centers and the lower pons, medulla,cerebellum and spinal cord - correct
answer-The Midbrain
What does the pons "link"? - correct answer-The cerebellum to the cerebrum and the
midbrain to the medulla
This is located in the brain stem and responsible for various reflex actions - correct
answer-The pons
The medulla oblongata contains what? (2 things) - correct answer--Nuclei for the cranial
nerves
-Centers that control and regulate respiratory function, heart rate and force, and blood
pressure
Where is the cerebellum located? - correct answer-Behind the brain stem and under the
cerebrum
What are the primary functions of the cerebellum? (3) - correct answer-1.) Coordination and
smoothing of voluntary movements
2.) maintenance of equilibrium
3.) maintenance of muscle tone
Where is the spinal cord located? - correct answer-In the vertebral canal and extends from
the medulla oblongata to the first lumbar vertebra
Name the two pairs of columns of the spinal cord - correct answer-The dorsal and ventral
Name 3 things the spinal cord is responsible for - correct answer-1.) Conducts sensory
impulses up ascending tracts to the brain
2.) Conducts motor impulses down descending tracts to neurons that stimulate glands and
muscles throughout the body
3.) Simple reflex activity
