Deck 3: Extension: C - Nervous System Organization

Question 1

Which type of cell is responsible for axonal insulation within the brain?

A) astrocytes
B) ependymal cells
C) Schwann cells
D) oligodendroglia cells

Answer 1

oligodendroglia cells

Question 2

Match each of the given terms that is used when mapping the nervous system with the term that is its opposite: ventral-_____; medial-_____; ipsilateral-_____.

A) lateral; coronal; caudal
B) dorsal; lateral; contralateral
C) caudal; dorsal; dorsolateral
D) anterior; rostral; coronal

Answer 2

dorsal; lateral; contralateral

Question 3

Clefts in the neocortex are called _____.

A) sulci
B) gyri
C) aqueducts
D) ventricles
Answer Key

Answer 3

sulci

Question 4

The _____ is a major way station between the sensory organs and the neocortex.

A) cerebellum
B) amygdala
C) thalamus
D) putamen

Question 5

The _____ is NOT part of the basal ganglia.

A) putamen
B) globus pallidus
C) caudate nucleus
D) hippocampus.

Question 6

The _____ is usually considered to have six layers of cells and makes up over 80 percent of the total brain.

A) hippocampus
B) frontal lobe
C) cerebellum
D) neocortex

Question 7

Purkinje cells are located in the _____

A) reticular formation
B) cerebellum
C) corpus callosum
D) septum

Question 8

Which is NOT a part of the adult brain of fish, amphibians, and reptiles?

A) the rhombencephalon
B) the myelencephalon
C) the prosencephalon
D) the mesencephalon

Question 9

Which type of cranial nerve is NOT involved in the control of eye movements?

A) vagus
B) oculomotor
C) trochlear
D) abducens

Question 10

How many thoracic segments are in the spinal cord?

A) 8
B) 12
C) 5
D) 10

Question 11

Cerebrospinal fluid is secreted by the _____.

A) oligodendroglia cells
B) Schwann cells
C) astrocytes
D) ependymal cells

Question 12

The _____ is located in the epithalamus.

A) hippocampus
B) pineal body
C) septum
D) pituitary gland

Question 13

Experimental stimulation of which section of the brainstem produces a state of "general arousal" or "consciousness"?

A) the medulla
B) the pons
C) the reticular system
D) the periaqueductal gray

Question 14

Which is NOT one of the meninges, the protective coverings over the central nervous system?

A) the pia mater
B) the arachnoid layer
C) the vermis layer
D) the dura mater

Question 15

The frontal lobes are formed from the _____.

A) prosencephalon
B) rhombencephalon
C) telencephalon
D) myelencephalon