Regulation and Integration of the Body: Nervous System Functions
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Which part of the nervous system is responsible for integrating and controlling center?

  • Peripheral nervous system
  • Sensory division
  • Motor division
  • Central nervous system (correct)
  • What type of impulses does the sensory division of the peripheral nervous system transmit to the CNS?

  • Involuntary impulses
  • Afferent impulses of sensory receptors (correct)
  • Voluntary impulses
  • Efferent impulses of CNS
  • Which type of nervous tissue wraps delicate neurons?

  • Microglial cells
  • Oligodendrocytes (correct)
  • Satellite cells
  • Astrocytes
  • What is the function of Schwann cells in the peripheral nervous system?

    <p>Insulate/cover nerves with myelin sheath</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of cells recapture and recycle neurotransmitters in the central nervous system?

    <p>Astrocytes</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of ependymal cells in the central nervous system?

    <p>Line central cavities</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of division in the peripheral nervous system is responsible for transmitting impulses from the CNS to effector organs?

    <p>Visceral motor division</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What are the structural units of the nervous system?

    <p>Neurons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of impulses does the motor division of the peripheral nervous system transmit from CNS to effector organs?

    <p>Efferent impulses of CNS</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of satellite cells in the PNS?

    <p>Surround neuron cell bodies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the myelin sheath in the nervous system?

    <p>Protects and electrically insulates nerve fibers</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brain serves as a relay station for information entering the cerebral cortex?

    <p>Thalamus</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary function of the basal nuclei in the brain?

    <p>Filter out incorrect responses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brainstem is responsible for conduction tracts?

    <p>Pons</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main function of the hypothalamus in the brain?

    <p>Controls autonomic nervous system</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brain is responsible for processing information from the cerebral motor cortex and equilibrium pathways?

    <p>Cerebellum</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the function of the limbic system in the brain?

    <p>Emotional response and memory</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which part of the brain produces autonomic behavior necessary for survival?

    <p>Medulla oblongata</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the primary role of association fibers in the brain's internal white matter?

    <p>Connect parts of the same hemisphere</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the role of the pineal gland in the epithalamus?

    <p>Secretes melatonin (sleep inducing)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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