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Health Assessment Final UTMBtest questions and answers(100%
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What makes up the nervous system? - answer The brain and spinal cord
What space surrounds the brain and spinal cord, is filled with
cerebrospinal fluid and provides cushion, nourishes the CNS and removes
waste materials? - answer Subarachnoid space
What is the subarachniod space and what does it do? ( 3 things) - answer
It surrounds the brain and spinal cord and is filled with cerebrospinal fluid
which is formed in the ventricles or the brain and flows through the
ventricle into the space
-provides cushion
-nourishes the CNS
-removes waste materials
Name the four divisions of the brain - answer Cerebrum
Diencephalon
Brain stem
Cerebellum
What is the cerebrum composed of? - answer the right and left cerebral
hemispheres
the corpus callosum
What are the four lobes of the cerebral hemispheres? - answer Parietal
Frontal
Occipital
,Temporal
This bundle of nerve fibers is responsible for communication between
cerebral hemispheres - answer Corpus Callosum
What does gray matter in the cerebral lobes do? - answer Mediates higher-
level functions such as:
-Memory
-Perception
-Communication
-Initiation of voluntary movements
Where is the diencephalon located? - answer Beneath the cerebral
hemispheres
The diencephalon consists of? (2 things) - answer The hypothalamus and
thalamus
The thalamus is responsible for what? - answer Screening and directing
impulses to specific areas in the cerebral cortex
The hypothalamus regulates what body functions? (6) - answer -water
balance
-appetite
-vital signs( BP, Respiratory rate,Temp,Pulse)
-sleep cycles
-pain perception
-emotional status
Where is the brain stem located? - answer Between the cerebral cortex
and the spinal cord
, Name the 3 parts of the brain stem - answer -Midbrain
-Pons
-Medulla Oblongata
This serves as a relay system for ear and eye reflexes and relays impulses
between the higher cerebral centers and the lower pons,
medulla,cerebellum and spinal cord - answer The Midbrain
What does the pons "link"? - answer The cerebellum to the cerebrum and
the midbrain to the medulla
This is located in the brain stem and responsible for various reflex actions
- answer The pons
The medulla oblongata contains what? (2 things) - answer -Nuclei for the
cranial nerves
-Centers that control and regulate respiratory function, heart rate and
force, and blood pressure
Where is the cerebellum located? - answer Behind the brain stem and
under the cerebrum
What are the primary functions of the cerebellum? (3) - answer 1.)
Coordination and smoothing of voluntary movements
2.) maintenance of equilibrium
3.) maintenance of muscle tone
Where is the spinal cord located? - answer In the vertebral canal and
extends from the medulla oblongata to the first lumbar vertebra
Name the two pairs of columns of the spinal cord - answer The dorsal and
ventral
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