Neuroscience and Behaviour

Question 1

Define Endocrine System

Answer 1

A network of glands that produce and secrete chemical messages into the bloodstream known as hormones, which influence a wide variety of basic functions such as metabolism, growth and sexual development.

Question 2

Cerebral Cortex

Answer 2

Outermost layer of the brain, visible to the naked eye and divided into two hemispheres.

Question 3

Subcortial structures

Answer 3

Areas of the forebrain, housed under the cerebral cortex, near the centre of the brain.

Question 4

Thalamus

Answer 4

Relays and filters information from the senses and transmits the information to the cerebral cortex.

Question 5

The thalamus receives information from every sense except the ______

Answer 5

Smell, since that is directly linked to the cerebral cortex.

Question 6

Thalamus closes the pathway of incoming senses during _____.

Answer 6

Sleep.

Question 7

Hypothalamus

Answer 7

Regulates body temperature, hunger, thirst and sexual behaviour.

Question 8

Hindbrain

Answer 8

An area of the brain that coordinates information coming in and out of the spinal cord.

Question 9

4 structures that make up the hindbrain?

Answer 9

Medulla, cerebellum, the pons and the reticular formation

Question 10

3 main functions of the hindbrain?

Answer 10

Alertness, motor skills and respiration.

Question 11

Function of the medulla?

Answer 11

Circulation, heart rate and respiration. (extends from the spinal cord into the skull)

Question 12

Function of the cerebellum?

Answer 12

A large structure of the hindbrain that controls fine motor controls.

Question 13

Function of the reticular formation?

Answer 13

Regulates sleep, wakefulness and level of arousal.

Question 14

Function of the pons?

Answer 14

Relays information from the cerebellum to the rest of the brain.

Question 15

Spinal reflexes

Answer 15

Simple pathways in the nervous system that rapidly generate muscle contractions.

Question 16

What is the function of the Hippocampus?

Answer 16

It’s critical for creating new memories and integrating it into a network of knowledge so that they can be stored indefinitely in other parts of the cerebral cortex.