DAANCE MOD 1-BASIC SCIENCES STUDY
GUIDE (QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS)2023
neurons do what - CORRECT ANSWER - conduct nerve impulses
what is the synapse - CORRECT ANSWER - junction between two neurons
what makes up the central nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER - brain and spinal
cord
what three parts make up the brain - CORRECT ANSWER - cerebrum, cerebellum,
medulla oblongata
what makes up the peripheral nervous system - CORRECT ANSWER - sensory
nerves and motor nerves
How many cranial nerves are there - CORRECT ANSWER - 12
what nerve is the trigeminal nerve - CORRECT ANSWER - 5
what parts does the trigeminal nerve control - CORRECT ANSWER - supplies
sensation to the teeth and jaw
what are the 2 components of the autonomic nervous system? - CORRECT
ANSWER - sympathetic nervous system
parasympathetic nervous system
what nervous system "speeds things up" - CORRECT ANSWER - sympathetic
what nervous system "slows things down" - CORRECT ANSWER - parasympathetic
what nervous system has terminations in all level of the heart - CORRECT ANSWER
- sympathetic nervous system
stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system causes what? - CORRECT ANSWER
- vasoconstriction in general and increases the heart rate
what nervous system is important in maintaining blood pressure - CORRECT
ANSWER - sympathetic
vasomotor is controlled by the - CORRECT ANSWER - sympathetic nervous system
the vasomotor does what - CORRECT ANSWER - controls the diameter of the blood
vessels
baroreceptors regulate what function - CORRECT ANSWER - blood pressure with
positional changes
