Chapter 13 pt 4

Question 1

functional brain regions do what

Answer 1

integrate information from multipe association areas

Question 2

prefrontal cortex is located in

Answer 2

promoter cortex( frontal lobe)

Question 3

prefrontal cortex is responsible for

Answer 3

though judgment, personality, planning, and decision making.

Question 4

prefrontal cortex is still developing in

Answer 4

adolescence

Question 5

wenicke area is located in

Answer 5

left hemisphere

Question 6

the wernicke area is typically involved in

Answer 6

language comprehension

Question 7

cerebral lateralization

Answer 7

two sides of cerebrum exhibit differences in highjer order functions

Question 8

categorical hemisphere is usually in the

Answer 8

left hemisphere

Question 9

categorical hemisphere specializes in

Answer 9

language skills, functions in categorization and analysis

Question 10

the categhorical hemisphere contains

Answer 10

wenickes area and motor speech area

Question 11

representational hemisphere is usually the

Answer 11

right hemisphere

Question 12

the representational hemisphere is usually concerened with

Answer 12

visuospatioal relationships, imagination, comparison of sense.

Question 13

the two hemispheres communicate through commisures like

Answer 13

corpus callosum

Question 14

lateralization dvelops in

Answer 14

early childhood (5-6)

Question 15

lateralization differs between

Answer 15

sexes

Question 16

womans posterior corpus callosum is

Answer 16

thicker (more connections)

Question 17

males suffer more functional lose when

Answer 17

one hemisphere is damaged

Question 18

lateralization is correlated wit

Answer 18

handedness

Question 19

in right handers the left hemisphere is almost always

Answer 19

categorical and speech dominant

Question 20

in left handed individuals they may have ______ hemisphere be categorical

Answer 20

either

Question 21

diencephalon includes the

Answer 21

epithalamus, hypothalamus, and thalamus

Question 22

epithalamas has 2 main structures

Answer 22

pineal gland and habenuler nuclei

Question 23

pineal gland is a gland that produces

Answer 23

melatonin

Question 24

melatonin helps regulate our

Answer 24

circadium rhythm

Question 25

pineal gland uses endocrine gland to secrete

Answer 25

melatonin

Question 26

pineal gland is the main structure for the

Answer 26

epithalamus

Question 27

Thalamus has a number of different

Answer 27

thalamic nuclei

Question 28

nuclei means

Answer 28

neuron cell body clustered together

Question 29

thalamus main purpose is to

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receieve signals from all concious senses except for olfaction

Question 30

only sense that doesnt go through thalamus is sense of

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smell

Question 31

hypothalamus produces

Answer 31

hormons

Question 32

the hypothalamus is connected to

Answer 32

pituitary gland through stalk called infundibulum

Question 33

hypothalamus regulates

Answer 33

homeostasis

Question 34

the hypothalamus controls the

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automatic nervous system, endocrine system, regulation of body temperature

Question 35

automatic nervous system controls

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heart arte, blood pressure, digestive abilites, resperation

Question 36

the hypothalamus control endocrine system by

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secreting hormons that control activities in anterior pituitary gland. and producing antidiuretic hormone and oxytocin

Question 37

the hypothalamus control body temp by

Answer 37

detecting altered temp in preoptic area then signaling other hypothalamic nuclei to heat or cool the body

Question 38

other functions of the hypothalamus

Answer 38

food intake, water intake, sleep wake rythms, emotional behavior

Question 39

food intake is affected by the thalamus through

Answer 39

ventromedial nucelus that monitor nutrient levels and regulates hunger

Question 40

water intake is affected by the thalamus through

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anterior nucelus that monitors concentration of dissolved ubstances in blood. regulates thirst

Question 41

sleep-wake rythms is affected by the thalamus through

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superchiasmatic nucleus directs pineal gland to secrete melatonin. regulates circadian rythm.

Question 42

emotional behavior is affected by the thalamus through

Answer 42

part of limbic system; controls emotional response.

Question 43

hypothalamus can affect what gland

Answer 43

pineal gland

Question 44

brain stem is comprise of

Answer 44

pons, midbrain, medulla oblongata

Question 45

brainstem cntains ascending and descending

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tracts

Question 46

the brainstem connects

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cerebrum, diencephalon, and cerebrum to spinal cord

Question 47

components of midbrain

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cerebral peduncles, superior cerebellar peduncles, medial lemniscus, substantia nigra

Question 48

the cerebral peduncles are

Answer 48

motor tracts on anterolateral surface of midbrain

Question 49

the cerebral peduncles carry

Answer 49

voluntary motor commans from primary motor cortex

Question 50

the superior cerebellsr peduncles connects

Answer 50

cerebellum to midbrain

Question 51

the medial lemniscus

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myelenated acons running through brainstem

Question 52

substantia nigra

Answer 52

cluster of cells with black appearence due to melanin

Question 53

the substantia nigra gets is black color due to

Answer 53

melanin

Question 54

what houses neurons that produce dopamine

Answer 54

substantia nigra

Question 55

substantia nigra is involved in

Answer 55

movement, emotions, pleasure, and pain response.

Question 56

degeneration of substantia nigra causes

Answer 56

parkinsons disease