Cerebrum function - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

LADC Exam; Questions and Answers 100% Correct Norepinephrine CORRECT ANSWER-Neurotransmitter in the brain associated with arousal moods. It is excitatory GABA CORRECT ANSWER-Inhibitory neurotransmitter. When normal function of GABA are disrupted, convulsions can occur Cerebrum CORRECT ANSWER-Largest and most complex part of the brain. Contains billions of neurons and nerve centers. MAST CORRECT ANSWER-Michigan Alcohol Screening Test. A self-test that measures obvious signs and subt...

Central Nervous System (CNS) Correct Answer-brain and spinal cord Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) Correct Answer-all nerves and neurons that are not contained in the brain and spinal cord but that run through the body itself - 12 pairs of cranial nerves - 31 pairs of spinal nerves cerebral cortex Correct Answer-Outer layer of nerve cells (gray matter) Lacks myelin Center for humans highest functions (memory, reasoning, sensation, voluntary function) Hemisphere Correct Answer-...

PSU Bio 161 Test 3 Questions and Answers Already Passed 1. What is the function of a synapse? - a. to transmit electrical signals - b. to convert electrical signals into chemical signals - c. to store neurotransmitters - d. to regulate body temperature - Answer: b. to convert electrical signals into chemical signals Explanation: A synapse is the space between neurons where electrical signals are converted into chemical signals via neurotransmitters. 2. What is a neurotransmitt...

ABRET EXAM (2023) | Questions & 100% Correct Answers ABRET EXAM (2023) | Questions & 100% Correct Answers What are the main patient history questions we need to ask patients? - ANSWER- Why, When, Major Illness, How Often, FMH, handedness, sleep deprived, aura, LOC In regards to pt history, what special questions to children get asked? - ANSWER- Full Term, Gestational, conceptual, chronological age In regards to pt history, what special questions get asked in regards to comatose pts? - ...

PNR 140 Exam 1 Questions with Correct Answers 100% Verified afferent division - Correct Answer carries sensory information from PNS sensory receptors to CNS efferent division - Correct Answer carries motor commands from CNS to PNS muscles and glands reflex arc - Correct Answer A relatively direct connection between a sensory neuron and a motor neuron that allows an extremely rapid response to a stimulus, often without conscious brain involvement. sympathetic nervous system - Correct An...

SCRN Exam questions and answers Penumbra - answer-Salvageable tissue -oxygen -blood pressure -Glucose Perfusion - answer-What oxygen delivers to the brain. Above the necklace-Anterior Circulation= - answer-Unilateral deficits Below the necklace-Posterior circulation= - answer-Bilateral deficits Circle of Willis-Collateral circulation= - answer-Aneurysm Cerebrum - answer-largest part of the brain Cerebrum: Frontal Lobe - answer-Motor function, personality, Brocca speech Brocca's aphas...

communication Explain how the human senses assist in communication in the body and between individuals. Central nervous system The part of the nervous system which, in vertebrates, consists of the brain and spinal cord, to which sensory impulses are transmitted and from which motor impulses pass out, and which supervises and coordinates the activity of the entire nervous system. Peripheral nervous system The part of the nervous system that is outside the central nervous syst...

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 [brainstem, spinal cord]), can perform complex voluntary behavior and reflexes Spinal motor pathway - ANSWER-Upper motor neurons and lower motor neurons Spinal motor pathway upper motor neurons -...

Penumbra - answer-Salvageable tissue -oxygen -blood pressure -Glucose Perfusion - answer-What oxygen delivers to the brain. Above the necklace-Anterior Circulation= - answer-Unilateral deficits Below the necklace-Posterior circulation= - answer-Bilateral deficits Circle of Willis-Collateral circulation= - answer-Aneurysm Cerebrum - answer-largest part of the brain Cerebrum: Frontal Lobe - answer-Motor function, personality, Brocca speech Brocca's aphasia-frontal lobe - answer-problem ...

Penumbra - Accurate Answers Salvageable tissue -oxygen -blood pressure -Glucose Perfusion - Accurate Answers What oxygen delivers to the brain. Above the necklace-Anterior Circulation= - Accurate Answers Unilateral deficits Below the necklace-Posterior circulation= - Accurate Answers Bilateral deficits Circle of Willis-Collateral circulation= - Accurate Answers Aneurysm Cerebrum - Accurate Answers largest part of the brain Cerebrum: Frontal Lobe - Accurate Answers Motor func...