Chapter 3 (Part 2)

Question 1

Ablation studies

Answer 1

Studies that remove part of the brain in order to study the results

Question 2

Association cortex

Answer 2

Cortex outside the primary areas

Question 3

Astrocyte

Answer 3

Abundant type of glial cell, star shaped

Question 4

Brainstem

Answer 4

Central trunk of the brain consisting of the medulla oblongata, the cerebellum and the pons

Question 5

Caudal

Answer 5

Back end of the neuraxis

Question 6

Central sulcus

Answer 6

Division in the brain separating the parietal and frontal lobe

Question 7

Cerebrospinal fluid

Answer 7

Clear, watery fluid in which the brain floats, fills the space between the arachnoid membrane and the Pia mater

Question 8

Corpus callosum

Answer 8

Wide band of nerve fibres that joins the two hemispheres of the brain

Question 9

Cortical homunculus

Answer 9

Pictorial representation of the anatomical division of the somatosensory cortex and primary motor cortex

Question 10

Declarative memory

Answer 10

Explicit memory, refers to memories that be consciously recalled using facts/knowledge

Question 11

Dorsal

Answer 11

Above the neuraxis

Question 12

Eloquent cortex

Answer 12

Areas where damage would lead to paralysis, loss of language ability, or loss of sensory processing

Question 13

Extracellular recording

Answer 13

Recording taken from outside the cell to measure the electrical activity adjacent to the electrode tip

Question 14

Fissures

Answer 14

Particularly large grooves in the cortical surface

Question 15

Ganglia

Answer 15

Structure containing a small group of neuron cell bodies, typically linked by synapses

Question 16

Gyri

Answer 16

The ridges between the sulci

Question 17

Intracellular recording

Answer 17

Recording taken from inside the cell measuring the voltage across the cell membrane

Question 18

Lateral

Answer 18

Structures further away from the centre of the brain

Question 19

Medial

Answer 19

Structures closer to the centre of the brain

Question 20

Medial longitudinal fissure

Answer 20

Separates the two halves of the cortex

Question 21

Metencephalon

Answer 21

Subdivision of the brain, consists of the cerebellum and pons

Question 22

Myelencephalon

Answer 22

Subdivision of the brain, consists of the medulla

Question 23

Neuraxis

Answer 23

Line drawn along spinal cord and through front of brain, helps to denote the direction in which the nervous system lies

Question 24

Prenology

Answer 24

Determining character/mental abilities based on the shape and size of the cranium

Question 25

Primary sensory projection areas

Answer 25

Areas in the brain where information from the senses is first received

Question 26

Reductionism

Answer 26

Describing complex phenomenon by digging down to simpler/more fundamental levels

Question 27

Rostral

Answer 27

Front end of the neuraxis

Question 28

Sulci

Answer 28

Grooves in the cortical surface

Question 29

Ventral

Answer 29

The underside of the neuraxis