Unit 07 - Definitions

Question 1

Coordination

Answer 1

Maintaining of the connection between the stimulus and the response for homeostasis and survival.

Question 2

Meninges

Answer 2

The three membranes (the dura mater, arachnoid, and pia mater) that line the skull and vertebral canal and enclose the brain and spinal cord.

Question 3

Cerebrum

Answer 3

The largest and most prominent part of the brain which consists of 2 hemispheres, left and right, separated by a deep longitudinal fissure.

Question 4

Sulcus

Answer 4

A groove or a fissure between 2 convolutions of the brain.

Question 5

Gyrus

Answer 5

A convolution or fold between 2 clefts on the cerebral surface of brain.