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6. is the autonomic nervous system part of the CNS or PNS?

  • PNS
  • CNS

7. What is the dorsal root of a nerve?

  • sensory, afferent fibres toward the CNS
  • motor, efferent fibres away from the CNS
  • one of the cranial nerves

8. What was Cajal's theory of neurons?

  • All neurons move around the body
  • All neurons are independent units
  • All neurons are linked to each other

9. What are the gyri and sulci on the brain?

  • gyri = bumps, sulci = folds
  • sulci = bumps, gyri = folds
  • 2 of the meninges

10. What is the frontal lobe specialised for?

  • Object/face recognition, memory and emotion
  • movement, judgement and behaviour
  • somatosensory perception and spatial attention

11. what is the function of microglia?

  • regulate adjacent capilaries +nourish
  • break down debris forming after damage
  • detect neural activity

12. What is the parietal lobe specialised for?

  • visual processing only
  • somatosensory perception and spatial attention
  • Object/face recognition, memory and emotion

13. Why is arachnoid different to the other membranes?

  • is on the outside of the other 2
  • filled with cerebral spinal fluid
  • only acts as a shock absorber

14. Who came up with the reticular theory?

  • Ventricle
  • Golgi
  • Nucleus

15. What is multiple sclerosis?

  • demylenation of CNS nerves
  • Lack of ACh in the brain
  • Type of dementia

16. what is the function of schwann cells?

  • provide myelin to the PNS
  • provide myelin to the CNS
  • nourish and support

17. what is the function of oligodendrocytes?

  • provide myelin to the CNS
  • provide myelin to the PNS
  • break down debris

18. What is the hypothalamus specialised for?

  • controls hunger and thirst (homeostasis)
  • visual processing only
  • Object/face recognition, memory and emotion

19. What makes up the brain? Neurons and ...

  • autonomic nervous system
  • Glia
  • spinal cord

20. What is the basal ganglia loop for?

  • motor control and reward/value
  • visual processing only
  • movement, judgement and behaviour