Module 11 Notecards

Question 1

EEG

Answer 1

Sound waves recording the electrical activity of the brain

Question 2

CT

Answer 2

X Ray photographs that can reveal brain damage

Question 3

PET scan

Answer 3

Visual display of brain activity, shows where glucose goes when a task is performed

Question 4

MRI

Answer 4

Magnetic fields and radio waves are used to make images of soft tissue

Question 5

fMRI

Answer 5

Show the brains functioning and structure

Question 6

Brain stem

Answer 6

Oldest part of brain, where spinal cord meets brain

Question 7

Medulla

Answer 7

Base of brain stem, controls heartbeat and breathing

Question 8

Thalamus

Answer 8

Pair of egg shaped structures, receives information from all places except smell and routes it to other places

Question 9

Reticular formation

Answer 9

Spinal cord through thalamus, controls arousal

Question 10

Cerebellum

Answer 10

Little brain
Nonverbal learning and memory,

judge time, emotions, recognize sounds and textures

Question 11

Limbic system

Answer 11

Located below cerebral hemispheres, associated with emotions and drives

Question 12

Amygdala

Answer 12

Lima bean sizes structures, aggression and fear

Question 13

Hypothalamus

Answer 13

Governs endocrine system by the pituitary gland, (directs maintenance activities like eating drinking body temp, etc)

Question 14

Lesion

Answer 14

Brain tissue destruction