Introduction to the Nervous System: Quiz Game

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Introduction to the Nervous System
Neuro Quiz
Identify the correct question
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? Michael McKeough 2008
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Introduction OverviewNeuro Quiz
Anatomical Divisions of NS Information Functions of NS Divisions of NS Misc. Organization Principles
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200 200 200 200 200
300 300 300 300 300
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500 500 500 500 500
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Anatomical Divisions of NS 100

• This is the most caudal segment of the CNS.
• It is subdivided in to cervical, thoracic,
  lumbar, and sacral.
• It serves the somatic and visceral needs of the
  body.

What is the spinal cord?
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Anatomical Divisions of NS 200

• This segment is located between the spinal cord
  and pons.
• It contains part of the reticular formation.
• Longitudinal systems pass through here.
• It contains cranial nerve nuclei XII, XI, X IX,
  and parts of VIII, VII, V.

What is the medulla oblongata?
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Anatomical Divisions of NS 300

• This segment contains the thalamus and
  hypothalamus.
• It regulates most access to the cerebral cortex.
• It is comprised of a constellation of nuclei.

What is the diencephalon?
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Anatomical Divisions of NS 400

• This structure is generally considered to be the
  highest level of the CNS.
• The brain contains two of these.
• It may be subdivided into four lobes.

What are the cerebral hemispheres?
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Anatomical Divisions of NS 500

• This structure consists of the medulla, pons and
  midbrain.
• It contains the nuclei of all cranial nerves
  except CN I.
• It controls the somatic and visceral functions of
  the head.
• It controls the special senses of vision,
  audition, taste, and balance.

What is the brainstem?
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Information Functions of NS 100

• This event is defined as information by the NS.
• It is sensed by specialized receptors.

What is a significant energy changes in the
environment?
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Information Functions of NS 200

• Information is portrayed by the NS in this way.

What is transient electrical activity along
neurons?
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Information Functions of NS 300

• This is the process by which information is
  detected from the environment.
• This process is performed by specialized
  receptors.

What is sensing?
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Information Functions of NS 400

• This is the process by which the meaning of
  information is interpreted.
• This process is performed by the cerebral cortex.

What is perceiving?
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Information Functions of NS 500

• This is the purpose of output from a control
  center to its effector organs.

What is initiating an adaptive action or response?
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Divisions of the NS 100

• This division consists of the brain and spinal
  cord.

What is the central nervous system?
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Divisions of the NS 200

• This division consists of cranial nerves and
  spinal nerves.

What is the peripheral nervous system?
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Divisions of the NS 300

• This three layered membrane separates the central
  nervous system from the peripheral nervous
  system.

What is the meninges?
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Divisions of the NS 400

• This division is concerned with sensing and
  responding to changes in the external
  environment.

What is the somatic nervous system?
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Divisions of the NS 500

• This division is concerned with sensing and
  responding to changes in the internal environment.

What is the visceral nervous system?
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Miscellaneous 100

• These structures possess the ability to generate
  and conduct electricity.
• They perform the information processing functions
  of the NS.
• They constitute the primary functional unit of
  the NS.

What are neurons?
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Miscellaneous200

• They consist of ascending and descending tracts
  that extend the length of the NS.
• Together they constitute the long axis of the NS.
• They are crossed.

What are longitudinal systems?
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Miscellaneous300

• This is a group of neurons that coalesce to
  control a particular aspect of behavior.
• It is comprised of input, a control center, and
  output.
• These form the fundamental organizational unit of
  the NS.

What is a functional system?
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Miscellaneous400

• This is the primary effect of aging on the NS.

What is a progressive decline of function due to
the loss of cells?
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Miscellaneous500

• This is the side of the body on which signs and
  symptoms are seen following damage to the CNS.

What is the opposite or contralateral side?
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Organizational Principles 100

• They constitute the short axis of the NS.
• They are uncrossed.
• They serve the somatic and visceral functions of
  restricted regions of the head and body.

What are segmental systems?
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Organizational Principles 200

• This principle ensures that like information
  travels together in specialized tract inside the
  CNS.
• It ensures that like information may be found in
  the same location at different levels of the NS.

What is topographic organization?
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Organizational Principles 300

• This principle results in most functional systems
  including a representation of the body surface.
• Because of it the amount of space allocated to a
  particular body part is proportional to its
  control.

What is somatotopic organization?
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Organizational Principles 400

• Because of this principle, older functional
  systems are located centrally and newer systems
  are located peripherally within the NS.

What is phylogenetic organization?
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Organizational Principles 500

• It is the most famous example of somatotopic
  organization in the nervous system.

What is the homunculus?
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