Terminology

Question 1

emergent properties

Answer 1

Interactions between simple elements in a system can produce far more complex patterns then can be understood by simply understanding how simple elements work

Question 2

Equipotentiality

Answer 2

Idea that there is no locus for each task of brain, each thing is widely distributed, not in any specific area (e.g. the entire brain is responsible for learning and memory)

Question 3

Broca’s Area

Answer 3

Area of prefrontal cortex necessary for speech production

Question 4

What is similar in all mammalian brains?

Answer 4

Anatomical organization

Question 5

Sagittal plane

Answer 5

Divides right and left sides

Question 6

Coronal plane

Answer 6

Divides anterior and posterior sides

Question 7

Transverse plane

Answer 7

Divides superior and inferior

Question 8

Medial

Answer 8

Towards the midline

Question 9

Lateral

Answer 9

Away from the midline

Question 10

Posterior

Answer 10

Towards the back

Question 11

Anterior

Answer 11

Towards the front

Question 12

Dorsal

Answer 12

Superior

Question 13

Ventral

Answer 13

Inferior

Question 14

Caudal

Answer 14

Towards tailbone, poterior

Question 15

Rostral

Answer 15

Anterior, towards front

Question 16

Contralateral

Answer 16

Opposite side of midline

Question 17

Ipsilateral

Answer 17

Same side of midline

Question 18

Nucleus

Answer 18

An anatomically distinct group of neurons

Question 19

Tract

Answer 19

An atonal pathway

Question 20

Fiber

Answer 20

Group of axons

Question 21

Afferent

Answer 21

Towards (sensory)

Question 22

Efferent

Answer 22

Away from (motor)

Question 23

Neural circut

Answer 23

Functionally distinct, interconnected group of neurons

Question 24

Commisure

Answer 24

Tract that crosses from one side of the brain to the other

Question 25

Decussation

Answer 25

Crossing

Question 26

Lateralization

Answer 26

Specialization or dominance of one hemisphere over the other with respect to a specific function

Question 27

White matter

Answer 27

Axons, wrapped in myelin sheath

Question 28

Gray matter

Answer 28

Dendrites and cell body

Question 29

Central Nervous System is made up of

Answer 29

Brain and spinal chord make up

Question 30

Peripheral Nervous System is made up of

Answer 30

Somatic nervous system and autonomic nervous system

Question 31

Somatic nervous system is responsible for

Answer 31

Voluntary motor control is a function of

Question 32

Autonomic nervous system is responsible for

Answer 32

Involuntary motor control

Question 33

Autonomic nervous system is made up of

Answer 33

Sympathetic nervous system and parasympathetic nervous system are both part of