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Question 1

Corpus callosum

Answer 1

The thick band of about 200 million nerve fibres connecting the left and right hemispheres.

Question 2

Homeostasis

Answer 2

The state of balance in the body’s metabolism.

Question 3

Fight or flight response

Answer 3

An organism’s survival response, readying the body for action.

Question 4

Aphasia

Answer 4

The impairment of language cause by damage to the brain (usually by stroke).

Question 5

Anomia

Answer 5

Partial or complete loss of the ability to recall names.

Question 6

Agrammatism

Answer 6

Verbal communication that lacks grammar - BROCA’S APHASIA.

Question 7

Characteristics of Broca’s Aphasia

Answer 7

• Speech is non-fluent
• Anomia
• Articulation difficulties and words may be mispronounced
• Agrammatism
• Difficulty writing
• May be mild comprehension difficulties

Question 8

Characteristics of Wernicke’s Aphasia

Answer 8

• Speech is fluent
• Anomia
• Nonsense words are used
• Difficulty understanding both written and spoken language
• Difficulty producing both written and spoken language that makes sense to others

Question 9

Homunculus

Answer 9

Artificially made dwarf-fetus

Question 10

Spatial neglect

Answer 10

Disorder in which the person affected systematically ignores visual stimuli on one side of their body. Usually occurs through brain damage on the posterior right parietal lobe.