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The vertebrate nervous system is composed of what two divisions?
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Central Nervous System (CNS)
and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) |
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The Nervous System is broken into what divisions?
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Central Nervous System (CNS)
and Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) |
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The Central Nervous System (CNS) is divided into......
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Brain (located in the skull)
and Spinal Cord (located in the spine) |
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The Peripheral Nervous System (PNS) is divided into what nervous systems?
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Somatic Nervous System (SNS)
and Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) |
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The Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) and Somatic Nervous System (SNS) are divided into what kind of nerves?
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Afferent and Efferent
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The Efferent nerves of the Autonomic Nervous System (ANS) are broken into what two nervious systems?
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Parasympathetic Nervous System
and Sympathetic Nervous Systme |
 Fill in the Major Divisons of the Nervous System |
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The Meninges (the protective membranes for the CNS) which protect the CNS are....
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Dura Mater (tough mother)
Arachnoid membrane (spiderweblike memberane) Pia Mater (pious mother) |
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The cerebrospinal fulid fills what 3 areas?
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Subarachnoid space
Central canal of the spinal cord Cerebral Ventricles |
 Label the ventricles |
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 Label the 5 swellings that develop into 5 divisions of the adult brain |
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What are the four cerebral ventricles?
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Two lateral ventricles
Third Ventricle Forth Ventricle |
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What is the function of the cerebrospinal fluid?
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Supports and cushions the brain
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What produces cerebrospinal fluid?
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Choroid plexuses
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What are choroid plexuses?
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Networks of capillaries (small blood vessesls) that protrude into the ventricles from the pia mater;
produces cerebrospinal fluid |
