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1
Q

What is “Psyche”

A

The mind

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2
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Psyche the mind is _____________

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Source of all human behaviour

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3
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What did the old people think of the brain

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Not much
Cool the blood like a radiator of the car

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Mentalism

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Mind is not a material
Not cells and Tissues
Mine is outside the body

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5
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Who came up with mentalism

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Aristotle

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6
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Memories are stored in ________ in mentalist

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Heart

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7
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Andreas Vesalius pioneered study of ______________

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Human anatomy

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8
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Rene Descartes came up with _________

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Dualism

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9
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Dualism

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A non material mind governs advanced cognition

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10
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In dualism mind is __________

A

Outside the body

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11
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In origins of thought Where were thoughts occurred? ____________

A

Pineal gland

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12
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Who came up with materialism

A

Charles Darwin

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13
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Natural Selection

A

Have traits that gives an advantage to an organism

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14
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Adaptation through modification was came up by __________

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Alfred Russel Wallace

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15
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Baldwin effect

A

As animals get smarter and complete a task through evolution

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16
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Simple Nervous System has a ____________ range of behaviour

A

Narrow

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17
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Complex nervous system has a ____________ range of behaviour

A

Wider

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18
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Simple Nervous system consists of __________

A

Nerve Nets

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19
Q

Simple nervous system responds to ________ and __________

A

Light ; Movement

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20
Q

Simple Nervous system responses to ________ motor

A

Reflexive

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21
Q

Ganglia is an example of __________

A

Simple Nervous System

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22
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Ganglia

A

Clusters of neurone - allows for a simple but limited cognitive function
Functions somewhat like a brain

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23
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What makes a chordate nervous system

A

True Brain and Spinal Cord

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24
Q

Wound healing is faster in __________

A

Chimpanzees

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Sense of smell gets _________ as human evolve
Worse
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Our most Distant ancestor is _____________
Australopithecus
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Characteristics of Australopithecus
Bipedalism Tool use
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Homo habilis made __________
Simple stone tools
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Homo erectus
Migrated Beyond Africa Made more sophisticated tools More intelligent
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FOX P2 Gene
Specific to speech and communication
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First Modern humans to use language and social organization
Homo Sapiens
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Wallaces conundrum
Brain is capable for exaltation: Physically changes in response to one person experiences
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Central Nervous System consists of __________ and ___________
Brain and Spinal Cord
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Afferent signals are ___________
Sensory
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Afferent signals are ___________
Sensory
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Efferent Signals are _____________
Motor
37
Parts of Peripheral Nervous System
Autonomic Somatic Enteric **** Runs on Autopilot
38
Somatic Nervous System
Conscious Actions
39
Parts of Autonomic Nervous system
Sympathetic Parasympathetic
40
What nerve links the brain and the ENS
Vagus nerve
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Enteric Nervous system is effected by __________
Stress and Anxiety
42
Psychobiotics
Drugs to fight Stress and Anxiety
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What do psychobiotics attack
Enteric Nervous System
44
Sympathetic Nervous System Function
Fight or Flight Alerts, Stressed
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Parasympathetic Nervous System
Rest, Calming
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Somatic nervous system is made of _____________
Cranial Nerves
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Cranial Nerves form from the __________
Brain Stem
48
Olfactory Nerve
Allows Smell
49
Optic Nerve
Vision ; Optic Chiasm
50
Facial Nerve
Moves different parts of the face
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Vagus Nerve
Digestion (Enteric Nervous System)
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____________ is the most intense and painful type of headache
Migraine
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____________ Transmits sensory and pain signals to the brain
Spinal Cord
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Two Cerebral Hemispheres are connected by ___________
Corpus Callosum
55
Phrenology
Bumps in the brain Early attempt to understand how the brain works
56
Temporal Lobe
Auditory Processing, language and memory, taste and smell
57
Frontal Lobe
Planning, Organization, impulse and motor control
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Parietal Lobe
Touch and spatial awareness
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Occipital Lobe
Visual Processing
60
Meninges : Surface to deeper
1. Dura Matter 2. Subarachnoid space 3. Pia matter
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Dura matter
Tough Paper
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Where does cerebrospinal fluid flow in the meninges ?
Subarachnoid space
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What is closest to the brain and hugs the surface of the brain
Pia matter
64
Where is CSF made
Ventricles
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_____________ acts as a waste removal of the brain and the spinal cord
Cerebrospinal Fluid
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______________ produces cerebral spinal fluid
Choroid plexus
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____________ is for overproduction of CSF
Hydrocephalus
68
____________ primary nutrient in the brain
Oxygen
69
Blockage in blood is a __________ stroke
Ischemic
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Bleed in the brain is called ______________
Hemorrhagic stoke
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Fore brain Function
1. Responsible for complex behaviours 2. Makes you different from others 3. Higher cognition functioning
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Brain Stem
Unconscious Function Breathing Heart rate Keeping u alive
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Parts of the brain stem: Surface of brain - Spinal
1. Hindbrain 2. Midbrain 3. Diencephalon
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P
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Parts of Hindbrain
Pons and Reticular Formation Medulla Cerebellum
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___________ cycles of sleep
Pons
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______________ Allows you to wake up
Reticular Formation
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H
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Heart rate and breathing is controlled by ____________
Medulla
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_______________ controls motor control and cognition
Cerebellum,
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Parts of the Mid brain
Tectum Tegmentum Substantial Nigra Periaqueductal Gray Matter (PGM)
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What part of the brain stem is involved in pain reception and sense of pain
PGM
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Superior colliculus
Coordinates eye movement
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Inferior colliculus
Locating Sounds
85
Parts of Diencephalon
Thalamus Hypothalamus Pituitary Gland
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Thalamus
Sensory Relay centre Organizing the signals
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_________________ in charge of releasing hormones in the bloodstream
Hypothalamus
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Hypothalamus singnals _______________ to release _____________
Pituitary gland ; Hormones
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Basal Ganglia
90
Migraines can occur from the ____________
Trigeminal Nerve
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Looses control of senses, cannot breathe on their own. Total Paralysis of arms and legs _______________
Quadriplegia
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No function in legs __________
Paraplegia
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White matter is made of ___________
Myelin
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Grey matter is made of ___________
Cell bodies
95
Waste removal of the brain
CSF
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Parkinson’s disease and helping control of movement is involved in ____________ of the mid brain
Substantia Nigra
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Pain reception and influence the sense of pain is involved in the ____________ of the midbrain
Periaqueductal Gray matter

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