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ANATOMY FINAL EXAM STUDY GUIDEAND ANSWERS
What are the major controlling systems in the body? -
ANSWER-endocrine and nervous
Which area of the brain is responsible for much of the body's
hormonal control? - ANSWER-hypothalamus
What pathway does a simple reflex travel along? - ANSWER-
receptor, afferent neuron, integration center, efferent neuron,
effector
What are the major parts of a nerve cell? - ANSWER-dendrites,
soma and axon
What is the electrical wave that travels down an axon? -
ANSWER-action potential
What is the space between the axon terminal of one neuron
and the dendtrite of another neuron? - ANSWER-synapse
What is the chemical that transfers the electrical signal from
one neuron to another? - ANSWER-neurotransmitter
What is the primary integration center in a spinal reflex? -
ANSWER-the spinal cord
What is gray matter? - ANSWER-unmyelinated parts of the
brain and spinal cord
, What is the covering that insulates axons? - ANSWER-myelin
What is the function of myelin? - ANSWER-speeds up nerve
impulses
What area of the brain is responsible to interpreting information
coming from the eyes? - ANSWER-occipital lobe
What is the function of the medulla oblongata? - ANSWER-
respiration, heart rate, and blood pressure
What part of brain controls movement? - ANSWER-cerebellum
What part of the brain acts as a thermostat to regulate body
temperature? - ANSWER-hypothalamus
What is the most common neurotransmitter in the body? -
ANSWER-acetylcholine
What is the function of the frontal lobe of the brain? -
ANSWER-planning, reasoning, and voluntary movement
What are the meningeal layers? - ANSWER-dura mater,
arachnoid mater and pia mater
What is an inflammation of the meninges? - ANSWER-
meningitis
What part of the brain controls our sex and food drive
behaviors? - ANSWER-limbic system
All sensory information except olfactory must first travel through
what part of the brain before it goes to the cortex? - ANSWER-
thalamus
What are the photoreceptors of the retina? - ANSWER-rods
and cones
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