Nervous System/Brain

Question 1

Acetylcholine

Answer 1

Transmitter, motor mvmt; lack -> Alzheimers

Question 2

Dopamine

Answer 2

Motor mvmt/alertness; lack ->Parkinsons; more-> Schizophrenia

Question 3

Endorphins

Answer 3

Pain control

Question 4

Seratonin

Answer 4

Mood control

Question 5

Breakdown of nervous system

Answer 5

CNS (Brain, Spinal chord); PNS (Autonomic [Sympathetic, Parasympathetic], Somatic)

Question 6

Sympathetic

Answer 6

Response to stress

Question 7

Parasympathetic

Answer 7

Slow down after stress response

Question 8

EEG

Answer 8

Electroencephalogram, measure brain waves

Question 9

CAT

Answer 9

Computerized axial tomography, X-ray, 3D image

Question 10

MRI

Answer 10

Magnetic Resonance imaging, magnetic fields, 3D image

Question 11

PET

Answer 11

Positron Emission tomography, detect chemicals

Question 12

fMRI

Answer 12

function MRI, blood flow

Question 13

Brain Stem/Hindbrain

Answer 13

Medulla, Pons, Cerebellum

Question 14

Forebrain

Answer 14

Thalamus, Hypothalamus, Amygdala, Hippocampus

Question 15

Medulla

Answer 15

Control BP, HR, breathing

Question 16

Pons

Answer 16

Facial expressions

Question 17

Cerebellum

Answer 17

Coordinate muscle mvmts (Tracking target with eyes)

Question 18

Thalamus

Answer 18

Receive sensory signals, send to area

Question 19

Hypothalamus

Answer 19

Metabolic functions, body temp, sexual arousal, hunger, thirst, endocrine

Question 20

Amygdala

Answer 20

Emotions

Question 21

Hippocampus

Answer 21

memory processed then sent to other locations in cerebral cortex

Question 22

Split-Brain patients

Answer 22

Cannot orally say info only presented to right hemisphere, spoken language usually in left

Question 23

Frontal lobe

Answer 23

Thought processes, executive, abstract thought

Question 24

Parietal Lobe

Answer 24

Sensory cortex

Question 25

Occipital Lobe

Answer 25

Visual

Question 26

Temporal Lobe

Answer 26

Sound

Question 27

Turner’s syndrom

Answer 27

Single X chromosome

Question 28

Klinefelter’s symdrome

Answer 28

Extra X, (XXY)

Question 29

Down Syndrome

Answer 29

Extra chromosome on 21st pair