Exam 23: Nervous System and Pathologies

What is the most inferior portion of the brainstem?

What are the grooves in the brain's surface called?

Which plexus supplies skin and muscles of the upper extremity?

What are the gaps between Schwann cells and their myelin sheaths called?

What is the absorption of released neurotransmitters by the presynaptic neuron called?

Which function does cerebrospinal fluid perform?

Which term refers to a neuron that sends an impulse toward muscles or glands called?

What are the elevated ridges in the brain's surface called?

Which term means an area of skin supplied by a specific sensory spinal nerve root?

Which neurologic law states that when a muscle receives a nerve impulse to contract, its antagonist simultaneously receives an impulse to relax?

Which condition involves the facial nerve and results in weakness or paralysis of muscles on one side of the face?

What is the purpose of the blood-brain barrier?

Which term refers to fatty coverings around neurons that insulates and increases the conduction rate of the impulse?

Which body system helps maintain homeostasis along with the nervous system?

Which region is the largest portion of the diencephalon and relays most sensory information to appropriate areas of the cerebrum?

Carpal tunnel syndrome is the result of the compression of what nerve within the carpal tunnel?

What is the connective tissue layer in a nerve surrounding each fascicle called?

Which cerebral lobe regulates motor output, cognition, and speech production?

Which nerve is a cranial nerve?

Which term refers to a neuron that sends an impulse toward the central nervous system?