neuroendo recit

• What is the function of the nervous system?

  Regulation and coordination of body functions
• What is the function of the endocrine system?

  Production of hormones
• What are hormones?

  Chemical messengers that regulate functions
• What is the structural and functional unit of the nervous system?

  Neuron
• What part of the neuron interprets neuronal impulses?

  Cell body/soma
• What part of the neuron transmits impulses away from the cell body?

  Axons
• What part of the neuron transmits impulses towards the cell body?

  Dendrites
• What are the components of the CNS?

  Brain and spinal cord
• What are the components of the PNS?

  Cranial nerves and spinal nerves
• What are the components of the ANS?

  Sympathetic and parasympathetic
• What are the 3 vesicle and 5 vesicle origins of the brain and their adult counterparts?

  3 Vesicle:

  • Prosencephalon
  • Mesencephalon
  • Rhombencephalon

  
  

  5 Vesicle:

  • Telencephalon
  • Diencephalon
  • Mesencephalon
  • Metencephalon
  • Myelencephalon

  
  

  Adult Counterparts:

  • Cerebrum
  • Thalamus
  • Midbrain
  • Pons, Cerebellum
  • Medulla oblongata
• What is the seat of all conscious activities, memory, and intelligence?

  Cerebrum
• What is responsible for coordination and balance?

  Cerebellum
• What are the parts of the brainstem?

  Pons and medulla oblongata
• What is the function of the brain meninges?

  Protects the brain against pathogens
• What are the 3 components of the meninges?

  Dura mater, arachnoidea, pia mater
• What is the outer layer of the meninges called?

  Dura mater
• What is the intermediate layer of the meninges called?

  Arachnoidea
• What is the inner layer of the meninges called?

  Pia mater
• What is the function of the olfactory nerve?

  Smell
• Through which foramen does the olfactory nerve exit?

  Ethmoidal foramen
• What is the function of the optic nerve?

  Vision/sight
• Through which foramen does the optic nerve exit?

  Optic foramen
• What is the function of the oculomotor nerve?

  Movement of eyeball muscles
• Through which foramen does the oculomotor nerve exit?

  Orbital Foramen/Fissure
• What is the function of the trochlear nerve?

  Movement of superior oblique mm
• Through which foramen does the trochlear nerve exit?

  Orbital Foramen/Fissure
• What is the function of the trigeminal nerve?

  Innervates Ophthalmic, Maxillary, Mandibular nerves
• Through which foramen does the ophthalmic branch of the trigeminal nerve exit?

  Orbital Fissure
• Through which foramen does the maxillary branch of the trigeminal nerve exit?

  Foramen Rotundum
• Through which foramen does the mandibular branch of the trigeminal nerve exit?

  Foramen ovale
• What is the function of the abducens nerve?

  Movement of lateral rectus muscle
• Through which foramen does the abducens nerve exit?

  Orbital fissure
• What is the function of the facial nerve?

  Movement of facial muscles
• Through which canal does the facial nerve exit?

  Facial canal
• In other species, through which foramen does the facial nerve exit?

  Stylomastoid foramen
• What is the function of the vestibulocochlear nerve?

  Audition/hearing and equilibrium/balance
• Through which meatus does the vestibulocochlear nerve exit?

  Internal acoustic meatus
• What is the function of the glossopharyngeal nerve?

  Innervates taste buds for gustation
• Through which foramen does the glossopharyngeal nerve exit?

  Jugular Foramen