mema neuro

Question 1

Formed by the endothelial cells of the brain capillaries

All substances entering the CSF must filer through these barriers

Answer 1

Blood-Brain Barrier

Question 2

Dyes, medications, and antibiotics are examples of substances that cannot reach the CSF

Answer 2

Blood-Brain Barrier

Question 3

receives written words as visual stimulation

Answer 3

Visual Cortex

Question 4

Transforms visual representations into an auditory code

Answer 4

Angular Gyrus

Question 4

interprets auditory code

Answer 4

Wernicke’s Area

Question 5

Controls speech muscles via the motor cortex

Answer 5

Broca’s Area

Question 6

Word is pronouced

Answer 6

Motor Cortex

Question 7

involved with intellect, complex learning, personality

Injury to the frontal lobe can cause mental and personality changes

Answer 7

Prefrontal Cortex

Question 8

Detects sounds that are transmitted from the ear

Located in the sensory cortex

Answer 8

Primary auditory area

Question 9

Used to recognize sounds as speech, music, or noise

Answer 9

Auditory Association Area

Question 10

Responsible for repetitive motions of learned motor skills

Answer 10

Pre-motor Cortex

Question 10

Responsible for control of skeletal muscles

Answer 10

Primary Motor Area

Question 11

Chemical messengers that traverse the synaptic gaps between neurons

Answer 11

Neurotransmitters

Question 11

Junction between the axon tip of the sending neuron and the dendrite or cell body of the receiving neuron

Tiny gap at this junction is called the “synaptic gap or cleft”

Answer 11

Synapse