ANP 214 WINTER 2006
STRUCTURES TO KNOW—EXAM #1
Structures to know for practicum-related questions:
Frontal lobe
Parietal lobe
Occipital lobe
Temporal lobe
Corpus callosum
Cerebellum
Diencephalon (Thalmus and Hypothalmus)
Mesencephalon
Pons
Medulla oblongata
Meissner’s corpuscle
Pacinian corpuscle
Posterior Column pathway and the type of information the pathway conducts)
Spinocerebellar pathway and the type of information the pathway conducts)
Spinothalamic pathway and the type of information the pathway conducts)
Corticospinal pathway (and the type of information the pathway conducts)
Medial pathway (and the type of information the pathway conducts)
Lateral pathway (and the type of information the pathway conducts)
Collateral gaglia
Sympathetic chain ganglia
Adrenal medullae
Preganglionic and ganglionic neurons, and how they differ in the sympathetic and
parasympathetic divisions of the autonomic nervous system
Olfactory receptor cell
Gustatory cell
The three tunic layers of the eye, and the components of each layer
Optic disc
Fovea
Rods, cones, amacrine cells, horizontal cells, bipolar cells, and ganglion cells
Hypothalmus
Pituitary gland (anterior and posterior lobes, hypophyseal portal system)
Thyroid gland (follicles and C cells)
Parathyroid gland
Adrenal gland