232 ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR NURSES 



REVIEW QUESTIONS 



What constitutes the nervous system? 

 What is the brain, and of how many parts does it consist? 

 What is the average weight of the brain? 

 What membranes surround the brain? Name them. 

 Describe the several membranes of the brain. 

 What part of the brain does the cerebrum form? 

 What important connection has the arachnoid membrane? 

 What is the relation of the pia mater? 

 Give the relations of the corpus callosum. 

 Where is the cerebrum located? 



How does the medulla oblongata vary from the cerebrum as to sen- 

 sitiveness? 



Through what foramen does the spinal cord pass? 



What is the average length of the spinal cord? 



How is the spinal cord divided? 



What is. the circle of Willis? 



What are sinuses, and what are their functions? 



How many pairs of nerves are there? 



How many pairs originate from the cranial region? 



How many pairs originate from the spinal cord? 



How many roots do the spinal nerves have? 



What is considered to be the center of the nervous system? 



What is the function of the cerebrum? Of the cerebellum? 



What important relation has the medulla oblongata? 



What are the functions of the spinal nerves? 



Into how many groups are nerves divided? 



What are the nerves of special sensation? 



What are the nerves of general sensation? 



What are the nerves of motion? 



What nerves are involved in respiration? 



What is the sympathetic nerve? What does it maintain? 



What are ganglia? 



How is the fifth cranial nerve divided? 



What is the nerve of smell? Of sight? Of taste? 



What is the function of the auditory nerve? 



Give the function of the glossopharyngeal nerve. 



What is the tenth nerve called? 



What is the brachial plexus? How is it constructed? 



What is the function of the intercostal nerves? 



What do the lumbar nerves form? 



What parts do the sacral nerves supply? 



What is an efferent nerve? An afferent nerve? 



