Jeopardy

Question 1

Heterozygous

Answer 1

An individual has one dominate and one recessive allele

Question 2

22 chromosomes are

Answer 2

autosomes

Question 3

Huntington’s disease is

Answer 3

regarded to be an exclusively genetic disease

Question 4

Meiosis

Answer 4

Process of cellular division that results in producing half the number of chromosomes

Question 5

Phenotypes

Answer 5

Observable physical characteristics or traits of an organism

Question 6

Describe the composition of ions inside and outside a neuron at rest

Answer 6

Intracellular potassium, extracellular sodium ad chloride

Question 7

What is salutatory conduction?

Answer 7

AP invigorated over the nodes of Ranvier (myelin sheath made from glial cells- oligodendroglial)

Question 8

What is the function of the sodium-potassium pump in a neuron?

Answer 8

Maintain neuron resting potential

Question 9

Name one function of microglia

Answer 9

Phagocytosis, immune function, and inflammatory response

Question 10

When a neuron is at rest, the inside of the neuron is…..relative to the outside

Answer 10

Negative

Question 11

Basal ganglia

Answer 11

Subcortical structure that plays an important role in controlling movements

Question 12

Where in the brain is the periaqueductal gray located?

Answer 12

Midbrain/ brainstem

Question 13

Name the layers of the meninges in order, starting with outermost (toward the skull) layer:

Answer 13

Dura mater, arachnoid layer, pia mater

Question 14

Name the brain structure that connects the right and left hemispheres

Answer 14

corpus callosum

Question 15

What is the brain stem responsible for?

Answer 15

It is a general brain region responsible for cardiac/ respiratory function, consciousness, and arousal

Question 16

Common SSRI meds like Prozac are believed to work by blocking reuptake of NTs on presynaptic autoreceptors…

Answer 16

False - transporter (reuptake) vs autoreceptor (detects amount in cleft and then stops release of NT)

Question 17

The immediate effect of being bitten by a black widow spider (strong acetylcholine agonist) would do what to skeletal muscle in the area near the bite?

Answer 17

Spasm, contraction

Question 18

What is primary inhibitory NT in the brain?

Answer 18

GABA (excitatory is glutamate)

Question 19

Antagonist

Answer 19

A drug that blocks the normal function of endogenous ligands at a receptor site

Question 20

fMRI

Answer 20

Is a type of neuroimaging technology that can provide an image of the brain in vivo (i.e., live functioning) as tasks are performed.

Question 21

Experimental ablation to the cerebellum would result In impairment of what function?

Answer 21

Motor coordination

Question 22

If a patient has a lesion in hippocampus, what cognitive function is most likely to be impaired?

Answer 22

Memory - know spatial/ visual memory issues in right hippocampus and auditory/ verbal memory issues in left hippocampus damage

Question 23

A research study finds a high concordance for schizophrenia between monozygotic twins. this provides evidence that schizophrenia has a strong

Answer 23

Genetic component