Lecture 8 - Lena

Question 1

Define Sulcus

Answer 1

little dips and grooves that increase our brains surface area allowing more brain to be packed in our head

Question 2

What is the biggest Sulcus in our body

Answer 2

Longitudinal Suclus

Question 3

how is our brain organized

Answer 3

contraleterally

Question 4

do our left and right hemisphere function independently?

Answer 4

No

Question 5

Define Corpus Callosum and its function

Answer 5

a handful of neurons that go from one hemisphere to the next
allows left and right hemisphere to communicate

Question 6

Which side of the brain allows us to produce speech and understand speech

Answer 6

left

Question 7

What are the 3 different areas of the brain

Answer 7

Hindbrain, Midbrain, Forebrain

Question 8

What is the Hindbrain responsible for

Answer 8

automatic processes (ex; blinking, breathing, heart beat, balancing, walking, riding a bike)

Question 9

What is the midbrain responsible for

Answer 9

making neurotransimitter

Question 10

what is the forebrain responsible for

Answer 10

ability to think, listen, hope, feel, learn

Question 11

Were is the cerebellum found

Answer 11

Hindbrain

Question 12

What is the cerebellum in control of

Answer 12

Fine Motor Movements (balance, walking, running, riding a bike)

Question 13

Were do the singals for fine motor movement origanate

Answer 13

Forebrain

Question 14

Where are fine motor movements refined

Answer 14

cerebellum

Question 15

where is the reticular formation located

Answer 15

hindbrain

Question 16

what is the reticular formation in charge of

Answer 16

how alert you are

Question 17

Where is the medulla located

Answer 17

hindbrain

Question 18

What is the medulla in charge of

Answer 18

automatic processes (heart beating, breathing, blood circulation)

Question 19

Where are pons located

Answer 19

hindbrain

Question 20

what do pons do

Answer 20

relays information from cerebellum to rest of brain

Question 21

Were is Substina Nigra located

Answer 21

Mid brain

Question 22

What does Substina Nigra do

Answer 22

makes dopamine

Question 23

Where is ventral tegmental area located

Answer 23

Mid brain

Question 24

what does ventral tegmental do

Answer 24

Produce dopamine

Question 25

Where is Raphe Nuclei located

Answer 25

Mid brain

Question 26

What does Raphe Nuclei do

Answer 26

makes serotonin

Question 27

Where is Locus Coeruleus located

Answer 27

Mid brain

Question 28

What does Locus Coeruleus do

Answer 28

makes norapinephrine

Question 29

what is the frontal lobe made up of

Answer 29

4 lobes and subcortical stuctures that are just underneath the cortex

Question 30

What is the frontal lobe in charge of

Answer 30

Executive functioning (concentrating, thinking, sitting, making judgments)