things to remeber

Question 1

cingulate cortex (CC)

Answer 1

emotion, and learning
situated just above the corpus callosum

Question 2

corpus callosum

Answer 2

sperates the hemispheres

Question 3

primary function of reticular formation

Answer 3

regulates alertness, and awakeness

Question 4

choroid plexus

Answer 4

in ventricles and secretes CSF

Question 5

cerebellum main function

Answer 5

fine-tunning movements

Question 6

what is involved in motor coordingation and habit formation

Answer 6

basal ganglia

Question 7

what connects the hippocampus to the hypothalamus

Answer 7

fornix

Question 8

Which structure in the brainstem is responsible for breathing and heart rate regulation?

Answer 8

Medulla.

Question 9

Which of the following is NOT a function of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF)?

Answer 9

Delivering oxygen directly to neurons.

Question 10

Donald Hebb

Answer 10

“neurons that fire together, wire togther” long term memory

Question 11

sliver nitrate

Answer 11

Golgi

Question 12

anatomical planes (3)

Answer 12

coronal/frontal
axial/horizontal
sagital

Question 13

theraputic drugs

Answer 13

make the body resist metabolizing the drug

Question 14

wanting a drug is associated with the ____ pathway and wanting becomes ingrained in the ____

Answer 14

mesolimbic dopamine pathway; prefrontal cortex

‘limbic’ = emotion and reward pathways

Question 15

pineal gland

Answer 15

long term cicadian rythms; similar to suprachaiamatic nucleus which is for short term like eating and sleeping