Thalamus & Limbic System

Question 1

neurons

Answer 1

nerve cells that make up the nervous system

Question 2

Sensory neurons

Answer 2

-Afferent nerve cells that send information toward the CNS. -This information is what is sensed, using the five senses, from the external environment

Question 3

Motor neurons

Answer 3

Efferent nerve cells that carry impulses away from the CNS to the effectors, which are typically tissues and muscles of the body

Question 4

Interneurons

Answer 4

• nerve cells that act as a bridge between motor and sensory neurons in the CNS.
• These neurons help form neural circuits, which helps neurons communicate with each other

Question 5

limbic system

Answer 5

controls emotions and memory

Question 6

Hypothalamus

Answer 6

primarily concerned with homeostasis and regulates various activities such as hunger, anger, and the response to pain

works with the pituitary gland from the endocrine system

Question 7

Amygdala

Answer 7

Recognized as the aggression center, areas of this region produces feelings such as anger, violence, fear, and anxiety

Question 8

Thalamus

Answer 8

Different sensory inputs come through the nerves and end at the thalamus, which directs this information to various parts of the cerebral cortex.

The sense of smell is the only sense that bypasses the thalamus. Information related to movement is also processed by the thalamus

Question 9

Hippocampus

Answer 9

Helps convert short-term memory to long-term memory. If the hippocampus is destroyed, new memories cannot be formed but old memories are retained