Cortex

Question 1

what does the limbic system deal with

Answer 1

emotions and memory

Question 2

what is a major output fiber bundle of the limbic system

Answer 2

fornix

Question 3

where is the reticular formation

Answer 3

brain stem

Question 4

what does the reticular formation control

Answer 4

brain arousal

Question 5

what is the cinglulate gyrus important for

Answer 5

relaying memory information

Question 6

what is the septal nuclei important for

Answer 6

activates cingluate gyrus and rest of limbic system

Question 7

what is the amygdala in control of

Answer 7

control of emotional reactions

Question 8

what else does the hippocampus do

Answer 8

memory formation

Question 9

what does the brocas area do

Answer 9

production of language

Question 10

what is the wernickes area for

Answer 10

comprehension of language

Question 11

what hemisphere are the brocas and wernickes area in

Answer 11

left hemisphere

Question 12

what are the three principles of memory

Answer 12

storage
processing
memory traces

Question 13

what principle of memory occurs in stages and is continually changing

Answer 13

storage

Question 14

what principle of memory is accomplished by the hippocampus and surroudning strucgtures

Answer 14

processing

Question 15

what principle of memory are chemical or structural changes that encode memroy

Answer 15

memory traces

Question 16

what four factors affect transfer of memory from STM to LTM

Answer 16

emotional state
rehearsal
association
automatic memory

Question 17

what are the two categories of memory

Answer 17

fact/declaritive memory
skill memory

Question 18

what type of memory is stored with the contex in which it was learned

Answer 18

declarative memory

Question 19

how is skill memory aquired

Answer 19

through practice

Question 20

which is less conscious: skill memory or declarative memory

Answer 20

skill memory

Question 21

what limbic system structures does fact memory involve

Answer 21

hippocampus and amygdala

Question 22

what areas of the diencephalon are involved in fact memory

Answer 22

thalamus
hypothalamus

Question 23

what does the basal ganglia do in skill memory

Answer 23

mediates automatic responsees between stimulus and motor response

Question 24

what type of memory involves the premotor and motor cortex

Answer 24

skill memory

Question 25

what is the basal ganglia in skill memory

Answer 25

corpus striatum

Question 26

in long term potentiation, what is blocking calcium from entering the cell

Answer 26

a magnesium ion

Question 27

what evicts the magnesium ion in long term potentiaion

Answer 27

depolorization of the cell

Question 28

what is the only receptor calcium can pass though with a weak electrical stimulation in LTP

Answer 28

AMPA

Question 29

what receptor pore is blocked by magnesium in Long term potentiation

Answer 29

NMDA

Question 30

what does NREM stand for

Answer 30

No rapid eye movement

Question 31

waves in stage one sleep

Answer 31

alpha waves

Question 32

waves in stage 3 sleep

Answer 32

theta and delta

Question 33

waves in stage 4 sleep

Answer 33

delta

Question 34

what stage of sleep has sleep spindles

Answer 34

stage 2

Question 35

what type of waves are common in children but abnormal in adults

Answer 35

theta

Question 36

rythmic more irregular waves

Answer 36

beta

Question 37

regular and rythmic low amplitude waves

Answer 37

alpha

Question 38

high aplitude waves in deep sleep

Answer 38

delta

Question 39

what does a flat EEG mean

Answer 39

death DUN DUN DUNNNNN

Question 40

what is a rolandic seizure

Answer 40

spread of activation to motor cortex

Question 41

one passes through four stages of NREM during the first ______ minutes of sleep

Answer 41

30-45

Question 42

What occurs after the fourth NREM stage

Answer 42

REM

Question 43

what muscles are NOT inhibited during REM sleeo

Answer 43

ocular muscles