Back At It Again Second Half Help

Question 1

Brainstem

Security guards

Answer 1

The oldest part and central core of the brain, starts where spinal cord swells as it enters skull, responsible for automatic survival functions

Question 2

Medulla

Castle

Answer 2

Base of brainstem, controls heartbeat and breathing

Question 3

Reticular formation

Rides

Answer 3

Nerve network in the brainstem that plays an important role in controlling arousal

Question 4

Hippocampus

Photo systems

Answer 4

Neural center located in the limbic system that helps process explicit memories for storage

Question 5

Pons

Answer 5

Part of the brainstem, helps coordinate movements and sleep

Question 6

Cerebellum

Infrastructure

Answer 6

The “little brain” attached to rear of brainstem, it’s functions include processing sensory input and coordinating movement output and balance

Question 7

Limbic system

Answer 7

A doughnut shaped system of neural structures at border of brainstem and cerebral hemispheres, associated with emotions such as fear and aggression and drives for those such as food and sex

Question 8

Amygdala

Food booths

Answer 8

Two Lima bean sized neural clusters that are components of the limbic system and are linked to emotion, specifically fear and aggression

Question 9

Hypothalamus

Cast workers

Answer 9

Neural structure below the thalamus, it directs several maintenance activities, helps govern the endocrine system via the pituitary gland and is linked to emotion

Question 10

Cerebral cortex

Answer 10

Intricate fabric of interconnected neural cells that covers the cerebral hemispheres, the body’s ultimate control and information processing center

Question 11

Glial cells

Answer 11

Cells in the nervous system that support, nourish and protect neurons

Question 12

Frontal lobes

Answer 12

Portion of the cerebral cortex lying just behind the forehead, involved in speaking and muscle movements and in making plans and personality

Question 13

Parietal lobes

Answer 13

Portion of cerebral cortex lying at the top of the head and toward the back, receives sensory input for touch and body position

Question 14

Occipital lobes

Answer 14

Portion of cerebral cortex lying at the back of the head, includes the visual areas, which receive visual information from the opposite visual field

Question 15

Temporal lobes

Answer 15

Portion of cerebral cortex that lays above the ears, includes the auditory areas, each of which receives information primarily from the opposite ear

Question 16

Motor cortex

Answer 16

An area at the rear on the frontal lobes that controls voluntary movement

Question 17

Sensory cortex

Answer 17

The area at the front of the parietal lobs that registers and processes body touch and movement sensation

Question 18

Association areas

Answer 18

Areas of the cerebral cortex that are not involved in primary motor or sensory functions, involved higher mental functions such as learning, thinking, remembering, and speaking

Question 19

Phineus gage

Answer 19

Damaged dental lobe
Caused planning impairments and personality change but mental abilities stayed in fact such as memory, speech, recognition

Question 20

Aphasia

Answer 20

Impairment of language, usually caused by left hemisphere damage either to Broca’s area or to wernickes area

Question 21

Broca’s area

Answer 21

Controls language expression, area of frontal lobe usually in left hemisphere that directs the muscle movements involved in speech

Question 22

Wernickes area

Answer 22

Controls language reception, a brain area involved in language comprehension and expression usually in left temporal lobe, interprets auditory code

Question 23

Plasticity

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The brains capacity for modification as evident in brain reorganization following brain damage (best in kids) and in experiments on the effects of experience on brain development

Question 24

Corpus callosum

Walkie talkies

Answer 24

The large band of neural fibers commenting the two hemispheres of the brain and carrying messages between them

Question 25

Split brain

Answer 25

A procedure in which the two hemispheres of the brain are separated by cutting the connecting fibers (mainly those of the corpus callosum) between them

Question 26

Thalamus

PA system

Answer 26

The brains sensory switchboard on top of brain stem. It directs messages to the sensory areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the medulla and cerebellum