brain

Question 1

Gray matter

Answer 1

Areas in the CNS dominated by neuron cell bodies, neuroglia an unmyelinated axons. Located on the outside of the brain. Where communication occurs through neurotransmitters

Question 2

White matter in the brain

Answer 2

Consists of myelinated axons

Question 3

Central sulcus

Answer 3

A deep crevice separating sections of the frontal lobe from the parietal lobe

Question 4

List the six major brain regions

Answer 4

Cerebrum cerebellum midbrain pons medulla oblongata, diencephalon

Question 5

What are the lobes of the cerebrum

Answer 5

Frontal lobe, pareital lobe, occipital lobe, temporal lobe

Question 6

What lobe is anterior to the central sulcus

Answer 6

Frontal lobe

Question 7

What lobe is posterior to the central sulcus

Answer 7

Pareital lobe

Question 8

What lobe is responsible for cognition, determining cause and effect in a mature brain

Answer 8

Frontal lobe

Question 9

What lobe manages eyesight

Answer 9

Occipital lobe

Question 10

What lobe manages auditory sense

Answer 10

Temporal lobe

Question 11

Cerebellum manages

Answer 11

Complex somatic motor patterns

Question 12

precentral gyrus

Answer 12

Motor signals

Question 13

postcentral gyrus

Answer 13

Sensory signals

Question 14

homunculus

Answer 14

Literally small human being, in physiology , a representation of the relationship between the sense organs and the brain

Question 15

What lobe is responsible for cognitive cause and effect

Answer 15

Frontal lobe

Question 16

Responsible for communication between brain hemispheres

Answer 16

Corpus callusom

Question 17

Longitudinal fissure divides the brain into

Answer 17

Left hemisphere and right hemisphere

Question 18

Three functionalities of the brain

Answer 18

Vegetative, cognitive, emotional

Question 19

Name the ventricles in the brain

Answer 19

Lateral (2) third and fourth

Question 20

What are the ridges in the brain called

Answer 20

gryi

Question 21

What is in the ventricles

Answer 21

Continuously circulating cerebrospinal fluid to protect from trauma

Question 22

Where is the general interpretive area and speech center

Answer 22

Left hemisphere

Question 23

What brain systems is responsive for producing emotions

Answer 23

Limbic systems

Question 24

List four areas of the limbic system

Answer 24

Hippocampus, amygdaloid body, thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 25

Area of brain responsible for memory

Answer 25

hippocampus

Question 26

Area responsible for fear, interfaces between the limbic system, the cerebrum and various sensory systems

Answer 26

amygdaloid body

Question 27

What parts of the diencephalon are in the limbic system.

Answer 27

Thalamus and hypothalamus

Question 28

Primary motor cortex

Answer 28

Frontal lobe- voluntary muscle control

Question 29

Primary sensory cortex

Answer 29

Pareital lobe - conscious perception of touch, pressure, pain

Question 30

Auditory and olfactory

Answer 30

Temporal lobe conscious perception of smell and sound

Question 31

Visual cortex

Answer 31

Occipital lobe - conscious visual stimuli

Question 32

What brain wave is a normal resting adult

Answer 32

Alpha waves - lower frequency

Question 33

Brain wave occur during intense concentration

Answer 33

Beta waves - higher frequency

Question 34

Outgoing cranial nerves relate to

Answer 34

Motor functions

Question 35

Incoming cranial nerves relate to

Answer 35

Sense receptors

Question 36

Vagus nerve controls

Answer 36

Heart rate

Question 37

Area of the brain that has the highest control of the limbic system

Answer 37

hypothalamus

Question 38

List three feel good neurotransmitters in the limbic system

Answer 38

norepinephrine, serotonin, dopamine

Question 39

Define vegetative brain functions

Answer 39

Performing life functions without cognition, occurs in the brain stem

Question 40

What type of matter comprises most of the brain stem

Answer 40

White matter