Lab w/o brain vesicles

What type of information do the dorsal and ventral nerve roots carry?

Dorsal sensory
ventral motor

What type of information is carried by the ventral ramus?

Both motor and sensory information

What part of the body is innervated by the ventral ramus?

The ventral surface (organs and muscles in front of the spinal cord)

What is the bundle of nerve roots located at the base of the spinal cord that controls movement and feeling in the legs, bladder, and bowels?

cauda equina

What is the main information carried by the vagus nerve?

parasympathetic and sensory signals between the brain and internal organs

What is the major parasympathetic nerve?

vagus nerve

What is found in the gray matter?

Cell bodies of neurons

What is found in the white matter?

Myelinated axons of neurons

What structure is directly below the cingulate gyrus?

Corpus callosum

What is the protective tissue that wraps the brain and spinal cord?

Meninges

What are the three meninges listed from superficial to deep?

1) Dura Mater.

2) Arachnoid Mater.

3) Pia Mater.

What are the two major parts of the nervous system?

Central nervous system and the peripheral nervous system.

What are the two components of the central nervous system?

Brain and spinal cord

What are the components of the peripheral nervous system?

cranial nerves, spinal nerves, and ganglia

What are the two major divisions of the peripheral nervous system?

Sensory and motor

What are the two major divisions of the motor component of the peripheral nervous system?

Somatic nervous system and Autonomic nervous system

What are the two components of the autonomic nervous system?

Sympathetic and parasympathetic.

Name the primary brain vesicles

Prosencephalon (forebrain), Mesencephalon (midbrain), and Rhombencephalon (hindbrain).

Name the secondary brain vesicles

Telencephalon, Diencephalon, Mesencephalon, Metencephalon, and Myelencephalon.