VBSC 421 Final Lecture Exam

CNS, PNS, Endocrine, ect..

What type of nerves receive stimuli from receptors?

afferent nerves

afferent nerves

receive stimuli from receptors

efferent nerves

transmit information to effectors

What type of nerves transmit information to effectors?

efferent nerves

What type of receptor gets information from internal organs?

interoceptor

What type of receptor gets information about body and limb position?

proprioceptors

What type of receptor gets information from various external senses?

exteroceptors

What structure transmits stimuli to/from brain to peripheral nervous system?

spinal cord

What is the blue layer of meninges?

dura mater

What layer of meninges is the green layer?

arachnoid mater

What layer of meninges is the tan layer?

pia matter

What germ cell layer does the meninges form from?

ectoderm

tough, fibrous, thick, visual portion of the meninges

dura mater

middle layer of the meninges

arachnoid mater

Layer of meninges single/few cells directly on surface.

pia mater

What is the indicated layer of meningies?

dura mater

What section of meninges is indicated?

arachnoid mater

What section of meninges is indicated?

pia mater

What is the blanked structure?

dura mater

What is the blanked structure?

pia mater

What is the blanked structure?

subarachnoid space

What fills ventricles in the brain?

cerebrospinal fluid

choroid plexus function

make cerebrospinal fluid

What makes CSF?

choroid plexus

specialized connective tissue lining the CNS to provide the brain cusion?

meninges