Nervous System

Question 1

What are 2 halves of nervous system?

Answer 1

CNS

PNS

Question 2

What are different orientations that you can view the brain?

Answer 2

Sagittal
Coronal
Transverse

Question 3

What are 3 major brain regions?

Answer 3

Forebrain
Brainstem
Cerebellum

Question 4

What does cortex consist of?

Answer 4

Occipital lobe
Parietal lobe
Frontal lobe
Temporal lobe

Question 5

What does cerebrum consist of?

Answer 5

Corpus callosum
Hippocampus
Basal ganglia

Question 6

What does diencephalon consist of?

Answer 6

Thalamus

Hypothalamus

Question 7

What does brainstem consist of?

Answer 7

Midbrain
Pons
Medulla

Question 8

What are 2 divisions of cerebrum?

Answer 8

Cortex

Corpus callosum, hippocampus, basal ganglia

Question 9

What does forebrain consist of?

Answer 9

Cerebrum

Diencenphalon

Question 10

What is function of occipital lobe?

Answer 10

Visual processing E.g. colour, orientation , motion

Question 11

What is function of parietal lobe?

Answer 11

Sensory processing

Proprioception

Question 12

What is function of frontal lobe?

Answer 12

Decision making 
attention 
Consciousness 
Emotions 
Deliberate movement

Question 13

What is function of temporal lobe?

Answer 13

Auditory processing
Language
Speech

Question 14

Describe the structure of corpus callosum?

Answer 14

White structure which is made up of neurones/fibres which send communication to each other

Question 15

What is function of corpus callosum?

Answer 15

Connects left + right hemispheres

Question 16

What is function of hippocampus?

Answer 16

Memory formation

Memory retrieval

Question 17

What is function of basal ganglia?

Answer 17

Movement
Balance
Posture

Question 18

What is thalamus?

Answer 18

Where all info is sent to + is processed slightly by thalamus which then sends the info to appropriate brain region

Question 19

What is hypothalamus + what is its function?

Answer 19

Collection of small nuclei 
Temperature 
Hunger/thirst 
Neuroendocrine control 
Key role in body’s response to stress
Important in regulating our functions 
Is homestatic control

Question 20

What is function of brainstem?

Answer 20

Important in maintaining homeostatic control + motor movement
Homeostasis=> breathing, heart rate + blood pressure
Motor movements=> reflexes, fine motor movements of limbs + face in conjunction with cortex

Question 21

What is function of cerebellum?

Answer 21

Important in coordinating movement precision

Question 22

What is function of spinal cord?

Answer 22

Transmits signals from/to the brain/body

Question 23

What are 2 divisions of PNS?

Answer 23

Autonomic nervous system

Somatic nervous system

Question 24

What is ANS involved in?

Answer 24

Unconscious control e.g. Heart rate, blood pressure, breathing + digestion

Question 25

What is somatic nervous system involved in?

Answer 25

Voluntary control of body movements via skeletal muscle

Question 26

What disorder is associated with abnormal activity levels in occipital lobe?

Answer 26

Schizophrenia

Question 27

What disorder have been found that there is reduced levels of activation of left parietal lobe?

Answer 27

Some people with dyslexia

Question 28

What disorder did Carl Wernicke found to be link between discrete area of temporal lobe?

Answer 28

Receptive aphasia

Question 29

What 2 disorders are associated with damage to basal ganglia?

Answer 29

Parkinson disease + Huntington’s chroea

Question 30

What disorder is thalamic damage result to?

Answer 30

Synasthesia

Question 31

What does damage to part of brainstem responsible for homeostasis result in?

Answer 31

Brain stem dead => unable to control breathing + heart rate

Loss of blood circulation to all brainstem regions

Question 32

What does damage to small part of brainstem, pons result in?

Answer 32

Locked in syndrome=> damage to part of brainstem that controls movement. Loss of blood circulation to pons