Nervous System Test – STUDY GUIDE
This study guide may not contain all the information included on the test. You are responsible for
information discussed in class, on power points, included on worksheets, information included in
labs and on videos as well as information in chapter 5 of your text book.
1. Know the parts of a neuron and their functions.
2. Identify the shapes and basic roles of the neuroglial cells:
3. Be able to compare and contrast the
a. CNS to PNS
b. Sensory nerves to motor nerves
c. Somatic and autonomic nervous systems
d. Efferent and afferent neurons
4. Know the steps of a reflex arc and the Nervous impulse
5. Understand action potential and the role of the sodium ion pump
6. Know the parts of the CNS and the PNS.
7. Understand reflexes and how they are related to a person’s health.
8. Know the function and location of the following internal structures:
a.
b.
c.
d.
e.
corpus callosum
thalamus
hypothalamus
ventricles
CSF
f.
g.
h.
i.
Meninges
Diencephalon
Pons
Medulla oblongata
9. Know the function and location of the following external structures or areas of the brain:
a. brain stem
b. cerebellum
c. cerebrum
1. frontal lobe
2. parietal lobe
3. temporal lobe
4. occipital lobe
10. Know some facts concerning Phineas Gage
11. Know the parts of the body each of the cranial nerves and the spinal nerves deal with.
12. Understand the impact nervous system disorders have on other systems of the body.
13. Know the structure, function and location of the cerebral and spinal meningies
Vocabulary words
Efferent
Afferent
Sensory
Motor
Stimulus
Neuron
Axial
Myelation
Multiple scleorisis
Epilepsy
Somatic autonomic
Parasympathetic
Sympathetic
Ganglion
Broca’s area
Babinski sign
Neurotransmitter
Dopamine
Gap unction
Synapse
Patellar reflex
Pupillary reflex