Chapter 12: The Central Nervous System – Flashcards

The nonspecific ascending pathways ______.

The suprchiasmatic nucleus is found in the _______.

Nuclei of cranial nerves V, VI, and VII are found in the _____.

The arbor vitae refers to ____.

The brain stem consists of the _____.

The primary auditory cortes is located in the _____.

Spinocerebellar tracts _____.

The spinal cord has gray matter on the ________.

The subarachnoid space lies between what two layers of meninges?

The vital centers for the control of heart rate, respiration and blood pressure are located in the _____.

Cell bodies of the sensory neurons of the spinal nerves are located in ____.

The fissure separating the cerebral meispheres is the _______.

The limbic association area of the multimodal association areas provides our ______.

A shallow groove on the surface of the cortex is called a ______.

The cerebrospinal fluid _______.

If the posterior portion of the neural tube failed to develop properly _____.

The central sulcus separates which lobes?

Neural tracts that convey life-saving information to the brain concerning burning pain would be ______.

Which of thes would you not find in the cerebral cortex?

The hypothalamus

The white matter of the spinal cord contains ______.

A lateral tract in the spinal cord would be ______.

An individual accidentally transected the spinal cord between T1 and L1. This would result in ______.

Spastic paralysis suggests involvement of the _______.

Ridges of tissue on the surface of the cerebral hemispheres are called _____?

The frontal lobe is separated from the temporal lobe by the ______.

Brodmann's numbering refers to _____.

Two terms for the massive motor tracts serving voluntary movement are _______.

An individual who could trace a picture of a bicycle with his or her finger but could not recognize it as a bicycle is most likely to have sustained damage to the ______.

Broca's area ______.

The function of commissures is to connect _______.

The blood-brain barrier is effective against ______.

Which of the following is not part of the basal nuclei?

All of the following are structures of the limbic system except the ______.

Which of the following is not a midbrain structure?

The process of linking new facts with old facts already stored in the memory bank is called ______.

An electroencephalogram _______.

The brain area that regulates activities that control the state of wakefulness or alertness of the cerebral cortex is the ______.

Which of the following would you not find in normal cerebrospinal fluid?

REM sleep is associated with _____.

Mr. Hom was injured in an accident that completely severed his spinal cord at the level of T12. You would expecto to find all of the following except ________.

Injury to the hypothalamus may result in all of the following except ______.

White matter of the spinal cord _____.

Which statement about aging is most correct?

Which association is most accurate?

Brain wave amplitude _____.

Declarative memory is not stored in the _____.

Huntington's disease ______.

The corpus striatum plays a special role in _____.

Storing information in long - term memory _______.

Important nuclei of the indirect (multineural) system that receive impulses from the equilibrium apparatus of the inner ear and help to maintain balance by varying muscle tone of postural muscles are the _____.

Which of the following structures is probably not directly involved with memory?

The area of the cortex that is responsible for sensations of the full bladder and the feeling that your lunds will burst when you hold your breath too long is the _____.

Which statement about coma is true?

Tremor at rest, shuffling gait, stooped posture, and expressionless face are characteristics of _____.

Which is the mildest consequence of traumatic brain injury?

Declarative memory _____.

Which of the following is involved with motor activity (either initiation or coordination)?

Which statement is not true?

Which statement about epilepsy is most accurate?

White matter(myelinated fibers) is found in all of the following locations, with the exception of the _____.

Second-order neurons of both the specific and nonspecific ascending pathways terminate in the _____.

Loss of ability to perform skilled motor activities such as piano playing, with no paralysis or weakness in specific muscles, might suggest damage to the ______.

______ waves are not normal for adults but are common for children.

The fourth ventricle is continuous with the ______ of the spinal cord.

The large tract that connects the right and left sides of the brain is called the _______.

The ____ is a conduction pathway between higher and lower brain centers and houses nuclei for cranial nerves V- VII.

The infundibulum connects the hypothalamus to the ______.

The ______ are valvelike and protrude externally through the dura mater to absorb cerebrospinal fluid into venous blood.

Sensory neurons enter the spinal cord via the _____ horn.

______ memory requires practice, and is remembered by doing.

The ____ includes the thalamus, hypothalamus, and epithalamus.

The two longitudinal ridges on the medulla oblongata where many descending fibers cross over are called the _____ .

The largest nuclear mass in the midbrain is the ______.

In stage 3 sleep, _____ and _____ waves appear.

The _____ is the main switch station for memory; if the right and left areas are damaged, the past is lost.

______ rhytm is a 24 hour cycle of sleep and wakefulness.

______ is a temporary cessation of breathing during sleep found most comonly in the elderly.