Intro

Question 1

Define contralateral.

Answer 1

belonging to or occurring on the opposite side of the body

Question 2

Responsible for human movement, coordination, motor control and sensory perception.

Answer 2

cerebellum

Question 3

Define cortex.

Answer 3

• outer layer of the cerebrum
• 2 cortices and 2 hemispheres

Question 4

Define cerebellum.

Answer 4

responsible for human movement, coordination, motor control and sensory perception

Question 5

The ____ lobe controls more abstract aspects of our thinking and personality.

Answer 5

frontal

Question 6

This is the place where 2 things are joined.

Answer 6

commissure

Question 7

• Situated between the cerebral cortex and the midbrain
• surrounds the 3rd ventricle
• relays sensory and motor signals to the cerebral cortex
• regulates consciousness, sleep, and alertness

Answer 7

thalamus

Question 8

Define thalamus.

Answer 8

• situated between the cerebral cortex and the midbrain
• surrounds the 3rd ventricle
• relays sensory and motor signals to the cerebral cortex
• regulates consciousness, sleep, and alertness

Question 9

This is the outer layer of the cerebrum; 2 cortices and 2 hemispheres.

Answer 9

cortex

Question 10

Belonging to or occurring on the same side of the body

Answer 10

ipsilateral

Question 11

Define White Matter.

Answer 11

myelinated nerve fibers

Question 12

Define homunculus.

Answer 12

a map of the representation of the body on the motor cortex that looks like a distorted human

Question 13

Define synapse.

Answer 13

a structure that permits a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron

Question 14

These axons carry information toward the cell body.

Answer 14

afferent

Question 15

What makes up the thalamus?

Answer 15

clusters of cell bodies called nuceli

Question 16

This is the point-for-point correspondence of an area of the body to a specific point on the central nervous system.

Answer 16

somatotopy

Question 17

This is the ability of synapses to strengthen or weaken over time, in response to increases or decreases in their activity.

Answer 17

synaptic plasticity

Question 18

Define ipsilateral.

Answer 18

belonging to or occurring on the same side of the body

Question 19

This is a map of the representation of the body on the motor cortex that looks like a distorted human.

Answer 19

a homunculus

Question 20

Belonging to or occurring on the opposite side of the body.

Answer 20

contralateral

Question 21

These are fibers (axon) carrying impulses away from the cell body.

Answer 21

efferent

Question 22

The frontal lobe controls more abstract aspects of our ____ and _____.

Answer 22

thinking and personality

Question 23

Define somatotopy.

Answer 23

the point-for-point correspondence of an area of the body to a specific point on the central nervous system

Question 24

Define Synaptic Plasticity.

Answer 24

the ability of synapses to strengthen or weaken over time, in response to increases or decreases in their activity

Question 25

This is a structure that permits a neuron (or nerve cell) to pass an electrical or chemical signal to another neuron.

Answer 25

a synapse

Question 26

This is another name for “a crossing.”

Answer 26

decussation

Question 27

Define efferent.

Answer 27

fibers (axon) carrying impulses away from the cell body

Question 28

Define afferent.

Answer 28

carrying information toward the cell body

Question 29

Define commissure.

Answer 29

the place where 2 things are joined

Question 30

Define decussation.

Answer 30

a crossing

Question 31

Gray matter contains _____.

Answer 31

cell bodies

Question 32

Define Grey Matter.

Answer 32

cell bodies w/o much myelination on the axons