• Shuffle
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Alphabetize
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Front First
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Both Sides
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
  • Read
    Toggle On
    Toggle Off
Reading...
Front

Card Range To Study

through

image

Play button

image

Play button

image

Progress

1/24

Click to flip

Use LEFT and RIGHT arrow keys to navigate between flashcards;

Use UP and DOWN arrow keys to flip the card;

H to show hint;

A reads text to speech;

24 Cards in this Set

  • Front
  • Back

What are the 3 meninges?

dura mater, pia mater, arachnoid mater

4 parts of the brain

Cerebrum

Diencephalon


Cerebellum


Brain Stem

What are the lobes of the cerebrum

occipital lobe, parietal, temporal, frontal

What are the parts of the neuron

dendrite, cell body, axon, myelin sheath, axon terminals

Efferent nerve signals

travel from the brain

The brain stem consists of the

midbrain, pons, and medulla oblangata

The bridge of axons that joins the left and right hemispheres of the cerebrum is the

Corpus Callosum

The central nervous system consists of

the brain and spinal cord

The cerebellum is an autonomic processing center that

adjusts the postural muscles of the body

The cranial nerve responsible for the sense of smell is the

olfactory nerve

The cranial nerve responsible for the sense for vision is the

optic nerve

The gap between the axon of one nerve and the dendrite of the next is called the

synaptic cleft

The hypothalamus contains the centers involved with

hormone production, temperature regulation, and emotions

The nervous system is composed of two cell types

neurons and neuroglia

The two major anatomical divisions of the nervous are

Central Nervous System (CNS) and the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)

The two parts of the diencephalon are the

thalamus and hypothalamus

There are __ pair of cranial nerves; __ pair of spinal nerves

12, 31

The fibrous layer, the outermost covering of the eye, consists of the

sclera and cornea

The term general senses refers to sensations of

temperature, pain, touch, pressure, vibration, proprioception

Free nerve endings that function as pain receptors are called

nociceptors

Most of the taste buds on the surface of the tongue are associated with the

large circumvallate papillae

The structures that monitor dynamic equilibrium, which aids in maintaining balance when the head and body are moved suddenly, are the

semicircular ducts

The photoreceptors that account for the perception of black and white (dim light) are the

rods

Name the three ear ossicles

malleus, inscus, stapes