ch 13 pt 4 overview of brain anatomy

Question 1

What is the limbic system?

Answer 1

The emotional brain

Question 2

What is hippocampus function?

Answer 2

Helps form long-term memories

Question 3

What is amygdaloid body?

Answer 3

Emotional memory

Question 4

What is fornix?

Answer 4

Tracts that connect with other limbic structures

Question 5

What is reticular formation?

Answer 5

Loosely organized gray matter of brainstem

Question 6

Sensory component =

Answer 6

Reticular activating system

Question 7

Higher-order mental functions

Answer 7

Learning, memory, reasoning, multiple brain regions

Question 8

What is Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Answer 8

Electrodes attached to head to record brain activity

Question 9

Alpha and beta waves common in

Answer 9

Wakefulness

Question 10

Delta and theta waves common in

Answer 10

Sleep

Question 11

Non-REM sleep

Answer 11

Slower frequency brain waves

Question 12

REM sleep

Answer 12

Brain is active, eye move, memorable dreaming

Question 13

What is cognition?

Answer 13

Mental processes of awareness, knowledge, memory, perception, and thinking.

Question 14

What are the types of memory?

Answer 14

Sensory, short-term, long-term

Question 15

Brain areas involved in memory need what

Answer 15

Encoding

Question 16

Olfactory nerve

Answer 16

Smell

Question 17

Optic nerve

Answer 17

Vision

Question 18

Oculomotor nerve

Answer 18

Controls 4 eye muscles and adjusts to lighting

Question 19

Trochlear nerve

Answer 19

Superior oblique nerve muscle 1 eye muscles

Question 20

Trigeminal nerve

Answer 20

Sensation of face scalp and teeth

Question 21

Abducens nerve

Answer 21

Controls lateral rectus muscle and abducts eye

Question 22

Facial nerve

Answer 22

Facial expression and conducts taste sensations

Question 23

Vestibulocahlear nerve

Answer 23

Hearing and sense of balance

Question 24

Glossopharyngeal nerve

Answer 24

Receives taste and touch from tongue, swallowing movements

Question 25

Vagus nerve

Answer 25

Carries nerve impulses to and from the thorax and abdomen

Question 26

Accessory nerve

Answer 26

Transmits impulses to muscles of the back

Question 27

Hypoglossal nerve

Answer 27

Movement of the tongue