the brain and nervous system

Question 1

4 parts of the brain?

Answer 1

frontal lobe, parietal lobe, temporal lobe, occipital lobe

Question 2

frontal lobe position?

Answer 2

behind forehead to middle of head

Question 3

frontal lobe purpose?

Answer 3

thinking, planning, short-term memory, emotions, personality

Question 4

what controls movement and where is it located?

Answer 4

the motor cortex in the frontal lobe

Question 5

parietal lobe located?

Answer 5

behind frontal lobe

Question 6

what in charge of knowing you’re touching stuff and where located?

Answer 6

somatosensory cortex in parietal lobe

Question 7

parietal lobe purpose?

Answer 7

interprets sensory info (language, 5 senses, attention)

Question 8

temporal lobe located?

Answer 8

in front of occipital lobe and below parietal lobe

Question 9

temporal lobe purpose?

Answer 9

interprets faces, memory, language, musical appreciation

Question 10

occipital lobe where?

Answer 10

back of brain, behind parietal and temporal lobes

Question 11

occiptal lobe purpose?

Answer 11

processes visual information from eyes (depth, distance, location, identity of seen objects)

Question 12

what makes up nerve?

Answer 12

neurons

Question 13

cell body?

Answer 13

contains the nucleus, which has dna

Question 14

what is axon?

Answer 14

long, threadlike part of nerve cells

Question 15

what axon do?

Answer 15

conduct impulses from cell body to other cells

Question 16

what is myelin sheath?

Answer 16

insulating layer/sheath made of protein and fatty substances that forms around nerves

Question 17

what myelin sheath do?

Answer 17

allows electrical impulses transmit quickly and efficiently along nerve cells

Question 18

what is dendrite?

Answer 18

short branched extension of nerve cell

Question 19

what is synaptic terminal?

Answer 19

a bulb at the end of axon