SPLH 620 EXAM BUNDLE

motor cortex - Answer controls voluntary movements primary motor cortex - Answer -receives sensory input from the cerebellum via. thalamus -sends info. to the spinal cord & brainstem -sends info to corticospinal or corticobulbar tract premotor cortex - Answer The region controlling learned ...

Nervous System - Answer a system consisting of the brain/spinal cord (CNS) and nerves that run along the body receives sensory input from internal/external environments, transmits information, integrates input, generates commands and outputs to motor systems Basic Structure of a Neuron - Answe...

What nerve is is involved in hearing and balance? - Answer CN VIII (Vestibulocochlear!) What does vestibular mean? - Answer Position and movement of head What is the brief anatomy of the ear (hearing & balance system)? - Answer 1. Outer Ear (pinna, ear canal) 2. Middle Ear (tympanic membrance...

cell body fxn - Answer integrate signals dendrite fxn - Answer receive signals axon fxn - Answer conduit to send signals parts of CNS - Answer brain and spinal cord parts of PNS - Answer somatic and autonomic systems glial cell fxns - Answer physical support, nutrient flow, nerve hous...

Descartes came up with ____________. Based on ______________. - Answer first modern model of nervous system; hydraulics What was Descartes thinking behind hydraulics model of nervous system? - Answer The water would move to a joint and the water would move that joint and then the water would leav...

What two motor neurons does the CNS possess? - Answer 1. UMN (cerebrum) 2. LMN (brainstem, spinal cord) What is Dysarthria? - Answer poor movement of the vocal tract What is Ataxia? - Answer poorly coordinated movements What is Apraxia of speech? - Answer errors in planning speech movemen...

primary sensory areas of "special senses" - Answer -hearing -vision -taste -smell hearing sensory area - Answer primary auditory cortex -located in: auditory cortex & temporal lobe vision sensory area - Answer primary visual cortex -located in: visual cortex & occipital lobe taste se...

3 types of neuroglia - Answer astrocytes, oligodendrocytes, microglia Astrocytes CNS - Answer Clean up local debris including dead neurons Provide nutrients Regulate chemical composition of extracellular fluid Oligodendrocytes CNS - Answer Provide support for axons Produce myelin sheath to ...

CN VIII: Vestibulocochlear - Answer hearing and balance - vestibular division - cochlear division - hearing and balance are functionally very different senses but begin similarly peripherally -vestibular: position and movement of head anatomy of hearing and balance - Answer • Outer ear ...

middle ear - Answer The middle ear amplifies signals The middle ear transforms signals Transforms acoustic signs to mechanical signals Composed of the tympanic membrane, oval window, and ossicles (malleus, incus, stapes) Air filled Inner ear - Answer The inner ear transforms signals Transfor...

Dorsal (Superior) - Answer top of brain Ventral (Inferior) - Answer bottom of brain Anterior - Answer front of brain Posterior - Answer back of brain GABA - Answer primary inhibitory CNS neurotransmitter Axon Hillock - Answer location of action potential initiation

Motor control structures - Answer cerebrum, brainstem, spinal cord, cerebellum, thalamus, basal ganglia, motor nerves/neurons, muscle fibers Motor control overview - Answer Begins with CNS, ends with muscles, CNS contains two types of neurons (upper motor neurons [cerebrum], lower motor neruons [...

Two types of motor neurons contained by the central nervous system - Answer 1. Upper motor neuron (UMN) -cerebrum 2. Lower motor neuron (LMN) -brainstem and spinal cord What is the pyramidal system? - Answer -The system responsible for controlling voluntary motor movements (fine controlled, s...