Organization of the Nervous System
Practice Fill in the Blank Questions
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Wernicke's area and Broca's area are located in the _______________ lobe.
_______________ are called the monocytes of the brain.
The ____________________ contains 50% of central nervous system neurons.
A ___________ is a collection of axons that ascends or descends in the spinal cord.
The ___________________ is a seahorse shaped structure that forms part of the limbic system.
Small groups of axons in the peripheral nervous system are bundled into __________ and covered with connective tissue called the perineurium.
The ____________ ______________ in the midbrain is important for regulation of saccadic eye movements and hand-eye coordination.
_____________ are glial cells that form myelin in the central nervous system.
The ___________________ is the primary integrating centre for sensory information that is bound for the cerebral cortex.
The _______________ is the most caudal portion of the brainstem and contains the cell bodies of cranial nerves IX - XII.