All about the brain

Question 1

Soma

Answer 1

Nucleus

Question 2

Axon

Answer 2

Sending impulses down neuron

Question 3

Myuclin Sheeth

Answer 3

Protect cell & Speed up messages

Question 4

Node of Ranvier

Answer 4

Maintains speed

Question 5

Dendrites

Answer 5

Detects messages

Question 6

Terminal

Answer 6

Transmit info

Question 7

Sensory neurons

Answer 7

Sense info (afferent)

Question 8

Motor neuron

Answer 8

Allows us to move (efferent)

Question 9

Interneuron

Answer 9

Spinal cord

Question 10

Terminal Button

Answer 10

Contain synthetic vessels

Question 11

Synthetic Bessels

Answer 11

Hold nerons

Question 12

Excitatory NT

Answer 12

Allows next neuron to fire

Question 13

Acetylcholine

Answer 13

Controls muscle movement, learning, and memory

Too much- muscle weakness
Too little- Alzheimers

Question 14

Dopamine

Answer 14

Emotion & reward system

Too much- Schizophrenia
Too little- Parkinsons

Question 15

Norepinephrine

Answer 15

Fight or flight response

Too much- anxiety
Too little- depressed mood

Question 16

Glutamate

Answer 16

Excitatory NT & memory

Too much-Migraines/seizures
Too little- ADHD like syptoms

Question 17

Inhibitory NT

Answer 17

Stop/prevent a neural impuls

Question 18

GABA

Answer 18

Help calm down

Too much- Shortness of breath & numbness
Too little- Tremors & insomnia

Question 19

Serotonin

Answer 19

Regulate mood, hunger, and sleep

Too much- Muscle stiffness & seizures
Too little- Depression

Question 20

Peripheral NS

Answer 20

Outside

Question 21

Autonomic

Answer 21

Automaticly

Question 22

Somatic

Answer 22

Volentary

Question 23

Sympathetic NS

Answer 23

Fight or Flight

Question 24

Parasympathetic

Answer 24

Help relax the body

Question 25

CNS

Answer 25

Main decision maker

Question 26

Pituitary gland

Answer 26

Master gland

Question 27

Adrenal

Answer 27

Kidney - Adrenaline

Question 28

Thyroid

Answer 28

Neck - Metabolism

Question 29

Pancreas

Answer 29

Liver - Blood sugar

Question 30

Parathyroid

Answer 30

Neck - Calcium

Question 31

Ganads

Answer 31

Testi/ovary - Testosterone/Estrogen

Question 32

Brain Stem

Answer 32

Automatic survival functions

Question 33

Medulla

Answer 33

Breathing & heart rate

Question 34

Pon

Answer 34

Coordinates movement & sleeping/dreaming

Question 35

Reticular formation

Answer 35

Nerve network & attention

Question 36

Thalamus

Answer 36

Sensory control center relays sensory info (not smell)

Question 37

Cerebellum (little brain)

Answer 37

Balance & coordination, fine motor skills, implicit memories

Question 38

Limbic system

Answer 38

Associated with emotion

Question 39

Amygdala

Answer 39

Anger, fear, aggression, emotional memory

Question 40

Hypothalamus

Answer 40

(F5) Flight, Fight Fahrenheit, Feeding, & Fornicate

Question 41

Hippocampus

Answer 41

Explicit memory formation & long term memory

Question 42

Basal ganglia

Answer 42

Voluntary movements & habits

Question 43

Pituitary gland (master gland) Part 2

Answer 43

Directs other glands in endocrine system & controlled by hypthalamus

Question 44

Cerebral cortex

Answer 44

Allows us to think, process info & make decisions

Question 45

Frontal lobes

Answer 45

Info processing decision making, judgment planning, personality

Question 46

Parietal lobe

Answer 46

Body sensation interprets visual info language & math processing

Question 47

Occipital lobe

Answer 47

Vission

Question 48

Temporal lobe

Answer 48

Center for hearing

Question 49

Motor cortex

Answer 49

planning control & execution voluntary movment

Question 50

Somatosensory cortex

Answer 50

Perception of all senesation

Question 51

Corpus callosum

Answer 51

Connects the 2 hemispheres in the brain

Question 52

Visual cortex

Answer 52

Processes visual info

Question 53

Auditory cortex

Answer 53

Processes auditory info

Question 54

Brocas

Answer 54

Speach

Question 55

Wernickes area

Answer 55

Understanding speech & making meaning full sentences

Question 56

EEG

Answer 56

- Find function - Via electrical signals - Only good for sleep & seizures

Question 57

CT

Answer 57

- Find the structure - Via X-rays - good for lesions

Question 58

PET

Answer 58

- Find the function | - Radioactive glucose

Question 59

MRI

Answer 59

- Find the structure | - Via magnets

Question 60

FMIR

Answer 60

- Find the function & structure | - Via magnets & oxidized blood

Question 61

Neuroplasticity

Answer 61

Is the ability of the brain to modify its connections or rewire itself.

Question 62

Split-brain syndrome

Answer 62

Cutting the corpus callosum to alleviate epileptic seizures

Question 63

Positive of a split-brain

Answer 63

Allows people to use 2 hemispheres to complete an independent task

Question 64

Basket + Ball

Answer 64

``` Right- human faces - can't say basket - draw basket -left hand --------------------------------------------------------- Left- language - could say & draw the ball - right hand ```