Understanding the nervous system
Unit 2: Assignment 1 – Understanding the nervous system
Answer the following questions to the best of your ability. Remember that this is a
resource for you to study as much or more than it is an assignment to turn in for points.
Assignments will be graded on completion.
- Draw a flow chart of the parts of the CNS and PNS, and how they are related.
- List the types of glial cells and their functions (4 types).
- Draw a approximation of the brain and include these structures: cerebral cortex,
basal nuclei, thalamus, hypothalamus, cerebellum, and brain stem (label the three
parts).
- Give a brief description of the function of each of the areas drawn above.
- cerebral cortex
- basal nuclei
- thalamus
- hypothalamus
- cerebellum
- brain stem
- Midbrain
- Pons
- Medulla
- Draw the cortical pathway for speaking and label the areas of the brain that are
being used: (check pg 151 in the book for guidance)
