1. The nervous system
Answer: receives information, processes information, and sendsout signals to the muscles and
glands to elicit an appropriate response
2. What is nervous tissue responsible for and how does it do it?
Answer: Communication between the cells of the body by forming a system of electrical
impulses
3. What are the two main divisions of the human nervous system?
Answer: The CentralNervous System (CNS) and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)
4. The central nervous system includes:
Answer: the brain and spinal cord
5. Nuclei
Answer: Collections of cell bodies inside the central nervous system
6. Tracts
Answer: the collection of nerve axons in the central nervous system
7. The peripheral nervous system includes:: cranial nerves and spinal nerves
Answer: allnerves not in the brain or spinal cord
8. brainstem regions
Answer: the midbrain, pons, and medulla
9. Cranial nerves project from the .
Answer: brainstem
10. Spinal nerves project from .
Answer: either side of the spinal cord
11. What do cranial nerves generally innervate?
Answer: the face, head, and neck
12. What do spinal nerves innervate?
Answer: trunk and limbs
13. Ganglia
Answer: Collections of cell bodies inside the peripheral nervous system
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