Exam 1 - SPA 4104 - Review Questions

What are the basic principles of neuroscience?

What makes up the CNS?

What makes up the PNS?

What is the difference between how a coronal, horizontal, and sagittal brain dissection cut is made?

Which part of the neuron receives information?

Which part of the neuron transmits information?

What is a neurotransmitter?

What is responsible for the transmission of nerve impulses?

What is a glial cell?

What happens when nerve cells are damaged in the CNS?

What happens when nerve cells are damaged in the PNS?

What are some clinical problems that can arise with abnormal neuronal anatomy and physiology?

Draw a neuron and label the following: soma, dendrites, axon hillock, myelin, internodes, node of ranvier, axon terminal

Which glial cells are in the CNS? What is their function?

Which glial cells are in the PNS? What is their function?

Brain tumors are commonly caused by which type of brain cell?

What is the underlying cause of MS?

What are the cortical lobes and what are their general functions?

Where are the primary cortices of each lobe located?

What is the difference between a sulcus and gyrus?

What is apraxia of speech?

How is visual neglect different from blindness?

Where are Broca’s and Wernicke’s areas in the brain located?

What are two types of traumatic brain injury?

What are the 3 commonly known sulci that help create boundaries between the cortical lobes?

What is another name for the precentral gyrus?

What is another name for the postcentral gyrus?

What are Brodmann’s areas?

What is the main function of each cortical lobe?

What are some conditions associated with injury or damage to each of the lobes of the brain?