Biology of Brain (Chapter 1)

Question 1

Important role in movement and posture, high concentrations in basal ganglia

Answer 1

Dopamine

Question 2

Excitatory neurotransmitter

Answer 2

Glutamate

Question 3

Vital Functions (breathing, digestion)

Answer 3

Medulla Oblongata

Question 4

Hindbrain consists of:

Answer 4

Cerebellum, Medualla Omblongata, Reticular Formation, Pons

Question 5

Primary pleasure centers, associated with addictive behavior

Answer 5

Septal Nuclei

Question 6

Stabilizing neutral activity in brain, causing hyper polarization

Answer 6

GABA

Question 7

Movement, coordinate muscle movement as receive info from cortex, helps with smooth movement and posture

Answer 7

Basal Ganglia

Question 8

Regulates cardiac rhythms and secretes melatonin, coordination with sunlight from retina

Answer 8

Pineal Gland

Question 9

outer covering of cerebral hemispheres, associated with everything from language processing, problem solving, impulse control, cognitive, behavioral processes, divided into 4 sections

Answer 9

Cerebral Cortex

Question 10

Plays vital role in learning and memory processes, long term memory, redistribute remote memories to cerebral cortex

Answer 10

Hippocampus

Question 11

Emotion and memory, interconnected structures looping around central portions of brain, includes the amyglada, hippocampus, thalamus, hypothalamus, basal ganglia

Answer 11

Limbic System

Question 12

Not being able to establish new long-term memories

Answer 12

Anetrograde Amnesia

Question 13

Sensorimotor reflexes

Answer 13

Inferior and Superior Colliculi

Question 14

Plays roles in regulating mood, eating, sleeping, and dreaming

Answer 14

Serotonin

Question 15

Midbrain consists of:

Answer 15

Inferior and Superior Colliculi

Question 16

produced by specialized cells that line the ventricles of brain, aqueous solution in brain and and spinal cord

Answer 16

Cerebrospinal fluid

Question 17

Memory loss of events that transpired before brain injury

Answer 17

Retrograde Amnesia

Question 18

Controls sound processing, speech perception, memory and emotion, Wrinke’s (language and comprehension)

Answer 18

Temporal Lobe

Question 19

Controls executive functions, impulse control, long-term planning, motor function, and speech production, Broca’s (speech production)

Answer 19

Frontal Lobe

Question 20

Forebrain consists of:

Answer 20

Cerebral Cortex, Basal Ganglia, Limbic System, Thalmus, Hypothalmus

Question 21

Sensory relay station for incoming info, somatosensory input,

Answer 21

Thalamus

Question 22

Arousal and alertness

Answer 22

Reticular Formation

Question 23

Important role in defensive and aggressive behaviors, including fear and rage

Answer 23

Amygdala

Question 24

Hunger and thirst; emotion, homeostatic function, endocrine functions, temperature and regulate metabolism, connects to anterior pituitary

Answer 24

Hypothalamus

Question 25

Controls Visual processing

Answer 25

Occipital Lobe

Question 26

Inhibitory neurotransmitter in CNS

Answer 26

Glycine

Question 27

Controls sensations of touch, pressure, temperature, pain, spacial processing, orientation, manipulation

Answer 27

Parietal Lobe

Question 28

Coordinated movement

Answer 28

Cerebellum

Question 29

Plays a large role in reward and movement

Answer 29

Susbstania Nigra

Question 30

Function in motor movement

Answer 30

Caudate Nucleus