lecture test #2

List the 3 sensory nerves

List the 5 motor nerves

List the 4 cranial nerves that are both sensory and motor

A nerve cell is called a

Approximately how many neurons does the human brain have

How much does the average human brain weigh?

The ____________ contains the various organelles of the nerve cell.

The nucleus controls

The ______ transmits the nerve impulse away from the nerve cell body.

The white polysaccharide sheath which surrounds some neurons

The space between two neurons is called the

_________ transport the impulse towards the nerve cell body.

_________ are linings that cover the brain and spinal cord.

Inflammation of the meninges is called

The speed at which a nerve impulse travels

True of false: meningitis may be viral or bacterial.
True False

What is the name of the outer most meninge?

The middle of the 3 meninges is

The sheer thin delicate membrane which covers every nook and cranny of the brain (the inner most meninge)

A raise on the surface of the brain:

A depression on the brain:

Cavities in the brain are called

Name the 4 ventricles

The duct which connects the third and fourth ventricles us called

Hydrocephalus is

What is the hard tissue which surrounds the ventricle structure, through which nerve impulses pass as they go from one cerebral hemisphere to the other side of the body?

The function of the Pons is

Respiration, cough & vomit reflexes are functions of the

The function of the cerebellum is

Name the lobes of the brain

The frontal lobe is responsible for

Sensory is processed in which lobe(s) of the brain?

Vision is processed in which lobe(s) of the brain?

Audition (hearing) is processed in which lobe(s) of the brain?

There are how many cranial nerves?

Cranial nerve #1

Olfactory nerve: function & type

Cranial nerve #2

Optic nerve: function & type

Cranial nerve #3

Ocularmotor nerve: function & type

Cranial nerve #4

Trochlear nerve: function & type

Cranial nerve #5

Trigiminal nerve: function & type

Cranial nerve #6

Abduscens nerve function & type

Cranial nerve #7

Facial nerve: function & type

Cranial nerve #8

Auditory nerve: function & type

Cranial nerve #9

Glossopharyngeal nerve: function & type

Cranial nerve #10

Vagus nerve: function & type

Cranial nerve #11

Spinal accessory nerve: function & type

Cranial nerve #12

Hypoglosso nerve function & type:

The central nervous system (CNS) is comprised of

Name 4 diseases of the central nervous system (CNS):

Herpes simplex I is

Herpes simplex II is

Tetanus is caused by what bacteria?

Another name for tetanus is

Clostridium tetani is a ____ bacterium.

Tetanus produces a

A neurotoxin infects

A neurotoxin effects

The tetanus neurotoxin infects the

The tetanus neurotoxin effects the _______ causing suffocation.

Name the two types of tetanus prevention

Tetanus antitoxin-

Tetanus toxoid-

Rabies is caused by the

The "fingerprints" for rabies are called

Rabies is spread through

The chances of contracting rabies are lessened

Rabies is what type of virus? Meaning it likes body temperature of about 98.6 degrees.

The rabies vaccine is

Polio is caused by the

Polio typically effects only

Polio causes a lateral curvature of the vertebral column called

The first polio vaccine injection was invented by

Louis Sabin invented

Polio produces a

The eye is protected by (8 things):

The transparent layer over the front of the eye through which light enters is called the

The white layer of the eye is called the

The middle layer of the eye, where the blood vessels are located is called the

The inner most layer of the eyeball

Function of the retina

Ratio of rods to cones

Rods perceive

Cones perceive

The area consisting of a small depression in the retina containing the most light receptors

The area of the retina at which the optic nerve attaches possessing no light receptors

The nerve which carriers the information from the eye ball to the brain

The fixed hole in the middle of the eye is the

The pigmented portion of the eye, which responds to light

The area from cornea to lens which is filled with aqueous humor

The area from lens to retina which is filled with virtuous humor

The clear colorless transparent jelly that fills the posterior chamber of the eyeball and maintains it's shape

The clear watery fluid located between the cornea and the lens of the eye

The biconvex transparent body situated behind the iris in the eye which causes light waves to converge

Some disorders of the eye include (6):

A stye is:

Lens degeneration caused by: old age, high sunlight, uv light, trauma, or diabetes

A sex linked genetic defect which effects 4% of males and 1% of females carried on the X chromosome

With what eye abnormality does the image want to focus just beyond the fovea centralis

With what eye abnormality does the image want to focus just in front of the fovea centralis

Hyperopia is caused by:

Farsightedness is called

Hyperopia is characterized by

The biological term for ear wax is

The ear possesses what type of glands which produce ear wax

To correct myopia you would wear what type of lens

Myopia maybe caused by:

To correct hyperopia you would wear what type of lens

Myopia is characterized by

Nearsightedness is called

An astigmatism is:

List the 3 parts of the external ear

List the 3 parts of the middle ear

List the 2 parts of the internal ear

The external part of the ear which gathers sound waves

The canal through which sound waves are funneled

The tympanic membrane is the

The round window goes from the middle ear to the pharynx by way of

The ________ converts sound waves into electrical impulses transferring them to the temporal lobe of the brain for audition.

The semi circular canals have

Endolymph is

What drains excessive tears from the lacrimal duct into the nose

You have on average how many taste buds?

Taste buds are: