What are the two main components of the nervous system?

What is the Central Nervous System (CNS) composed of?

What are the two divisions of the Peripheral Nervous System (PNS)?

What are the three main types of cells in the nervous system?

What is the difference between a nucleus and a ganglion?

What layer does the nervous system start developing from

What is the neural plate and what does it develop into?

What are the anterior and posterior ends of the neural tube responsible for developing?

What do neural tube cells become

What are neural tube defects?

What is anencephaly?

What is Spina bifida?

What are the subtypes of Spina bifida according to severity?

What is Spina bifida occulta?

What is the primary source of blood supply to the brain?

Which arteries form the Circle of Willis?

What percentage of daily cardiac output does the brain receive?

What are the two main arteries that supply blood to the anterior part of the brain?

Which pair of arteries supplies blood to the posterior part of the brain?

Through which vein does venous drainage from the brain occur?

What is the function of the cell body in a neuron?

What are dendrites and what do they do?

What is the definition of a multipolar neuron?

What are the examples of neurons that are multipolar?

What is the definition of a bipolar neuron?

What is a pseudounipolar neuron

What is the largest diameter and fastest conduction velocity for myelinated nerve fibers?

Which fiber is unmylinated

Pattern between type of fiber vs diameter vs conduction velocity

What is the function of sensory neurons?

What is the function of motor neurons?

What is the role of interneurons?

What is the primary function of glial cells?

What are the two main types of glial cells classified into?

What type of glial cells does the CNS have

What type of glial cells does the PNS have

What are Microglia

Microglia function

What are the types of macroglia

What is the most common type of glial cell in the CNS and what protein does it produce?

What are the functions of astrocytes?

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

Where are oligodendrocytes foud

What is the function of oligodendrocytes

What is the myelin sheath

What are Schwann cells

What are satellite cells

What is the difference between grey matter and white matter in the brain?

What are the three main parts of the brain?

What are the two parts of the forebrain?

What structures are found in the midbrain?

What structures make up the hindbrain

What are the three main components of the cerebrum?

What is the cerebral cortex?

What is the Brodmann classification?

What is the frontal lobe responsible for?

What is the function of the parietal lobe?

Where is the occipital lobe located?

What are the functions of the temporal lobe?

What is the function of the corpus callosum?

What are projection fibers and what do they connect?

What is the role of association fibers in the brain?

List the main structures of the basal ganglia.

What is the function of the basal ganglia?

What are the functions of the basal ganglia in the brain?

What disease is associated with lesions in the striatum?

What are the main components of the diencephalon?

What is the thalamus and where is it located?

What are the functions of the thalamus?

What are the main functions of the hypothalamus?

What are thermoreceptors and what do they do?

What are the mechanisms the hypothalamus uses to increase heat production?

Mechanisms anterior hypothalamus uses to enable heat loss

What are pyrogens and how do they contribute to fever?

What is the role of PGE2 in fever?

What does substantia nigra contain

What are the components of the Hindbrain?

What does brainstem consist of?

function of the pons

medulla function

where is the cerebellum located?

What are the two hemispheres of the cerebellum separated by?

What are the three layers of the cerebellar cortex?

What neurotransmitter is responsible for the inhibitory output of the cerebellum?

What is the function of the Purkinje cell layer in the cerebellum?

Functions of the cerebellum

What are the three main types of ataxia?

What is cerebellar ataxia

What is Friedreich's Ataxia and how is it inherited?

What gene is defective in Ataxia Telangiectasia and what are some of its symptoms?

What are the four ventricles of the brain?

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

What is the Foramen of Monro and how does it relate to the ventricular system?

How do the 3rd and 4th ventricle communicate

What is hydrocephalus?

What are the causes of hydrocephalus?

What is hydrocephalus in children?

What are the symptoms of hydrocephalus in children?

What is a ventriculoperitoneal shunt?

What are some dental modifications for patients with a VA shunt?