Extra stuff for Test 2

Question 1

Acetylcholine (ACH)

Answer 1

Deals with motor movement and memory.

Question 2

What’s a neurotransmitter?

Answer 2

Chemicals that transmit signals from a neuron across a synapse

Question 3

Lack of Acetylcholine

Answer 3

Alzheimer’s

Question 4

Dopamine

Answer 4

Deals with motor movement and alertness.

Question 5

Dopamine (Lack of and too much)

Answer 5

lack of- Parkinson’s disease
Too much- Schizophrenia

Question 6

Serotonin

Answer 6

Involved in mood control

Question 7

Serotonin (lack of)

Answer 7

Clinical depression

Question 8

Endorphins

Answer 8

Pain control

Question 9

Addictive drugs

Answer 9

deal with Endorphins

Question 10

Central nervous system

Answer 10

The brain and spinal cord

Question 11

Types of neurons

Answer 11

-Efferent (motor)
-Interneurons
-Afferent (sensory)

Question 12

Peripheral nervous system

Answer 12

All nerves that are not encased in bone.

Question 13

Perihernal nervous system is

Answer 13

Everything but the brain and spinal cord.

Question 14

Periheral system is divided into

Answer 14

Somatic and autonomic

Question 15

Somatic nervous system

Answer 15

Controls voluntary movement
-use motor (efferent) neurons

Question 16

Autonomic nervous system

Answer 16

Controls the automatic functions of the body.

Question 17

Autonomic system is divided into

Answer 17

sympathetic and parasympathetic

Question 18

Sympathetic nervous system

Answer 18

• Fight or Flight Response.

Question 19

Sympathetic system does what?

Answer 19

-Automatically accelerates heart rate, breathing, dilates pupils, slows down digestion.

Question 20

Parasympathetic nervous system

Answer 20

Automatically slows the body down after a stressful event.

Question 21

Parasympathetic does what?

Answer 21

Heart rate and breathing slow down, pupils constrict and digestion speeds up.

Question 22

Electroencephalogram (EEG)

Answer 22

Detects brain waves through their electrical output.
Used mainly in sleep research, epilepsy.

Question 23

Computerized axial tomography (CAT scan)

Answer 23

3D X-Ray of the brain.

Question 24

CAT scan is used to=

Answer 24

Used to locate tumors, bleeding, skull fractures, and for more detail on stroke patients.

Question 25

Magnetic Resonance imaging (MRI)

Answer 25

takes detailed picture of brain using magnetic field to knock electrons off axis.

Question 26

What does an MRI show?

Answer 26

tissue damage, disease, inflammation, or a tumor.

Question 27

Positron Emission tomography (PET Scan)

Answer 27

a visual display of brain activity that detects where a radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task.