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Who Wants to be a Who Wants to be a Millionaire???Millionaire???
What Structure of the Brain is What Structure of the Brain is responsible for arousal from sleep?responsible for arousal from sleep?
A. Hypothalamus
B. Reticular Formation
C. Thalamus D. Pituitary Gland
Reticular Formation
The impulse that travels down the The impulse that travels down the axon is known as this:axon is known as this:
a. Terminal Potential
b. Action Stimulus
c. Threshold
d. Action Potential
Action Potential
This is made up of fatty cells and This is made up of fatty cells and protects the impulse as it travels protects the impulse as it travels
through the axon: through the axon:
a. Neural Coating
b. Axon Protector
c. Myelin Sheath
d. Myelin Coat
Myelin Sheath
This portion of the cerebral This portion of the cerebral cortex includes the processing cortex includes the processing
of auditory informationof auditory information
a. The Frontal Lobes
b. The Temporal Lobes
c. The Occipital Lobes
d. The Auditory Cortex
The Temporal Lobes
..The Brain fences out unwanted The Brain fences out unwanted chemicals circulating through the chemicals circulating through the
blood with thisblood with this
a. Blood Brain Wall
b. Brain Barrier
c. Blood Brain Barrier
d. Neurotransmitter Filter
Blood Brain Barrier
When this neurotransmitter is When this neurotransmitter is released into muscles, the muscles released into muscles, the muscles
contract:contract:
b. Endorphins
a. Dopamine c. Serotonin
d. Acetycholine
AcH (acetycholine)
The skeletal and the autonomic The skeletal and the autonomic nervous systems are part of this nervous systems are part of this
larger nervous system:larger nervous system:
a. Central Nervous system
b. Peripheral Nervous System
c. Sympathetic Nervous system
d. Carbonara System
Peripheral Nervous System
This is the minimum amount This is the minimum amount of stimulus, either neural or of stimulus, either neural or sensory, a neuron needs to sensory, a neuron needs to
fire. fire.
a. The all or none principle
b. The minimum action potential
c. The Threshold
d. The Stimulus Satiation Point
The Threshold!!
Hormones that spark our interest in Hormones that spark our interest in sex, hunger and aggression are sex, hunger and aggression are
sent out through this systemsent out through this system
a. Limbic system
b. Endocrine System
c. Neural System
d. Central Nervous system
The Endocrine System
The principle that states a The principle that states a neuron will either fire or it will neuron will either fire or it will
notnot
a. Threshold Principle
b. All or none Response
c. Activating Principle
d. Activating Impulse Requirement
All or None Response
The time it takes between neural The time it takes between neural firings is known as this.firings is known as this.
a. Threshold
b. Refractory Period
c. Myelin Period
d. Period of Justification
Refractory Period
Surgically destroying brain Surgically destroying brain tissue is known as this tissue is known as this
method of brain manipulation method of brain manipulation for researchfor research
a. Brain Imaging
b. Brain Lesioning
c. PET Scanning
d. Lobotomies
Brain Lesioning
This is the most primitive part This is the most primitive part of our brain and the most of our brain and the most
common to our mammalian common to our mammalian ancestors:ancestors:
a. The cerebellum
b. The cerebrum
c. The brainstem
d. The thalamus
The Brainstem
All of the following are parts of All of the following are parts of the lower level brain structures the lower level brain structures
EXCEPT:EXCEPT:
a. The medulla
b. The hypothalamus
c. The cerebral cortex
d. The Amygdala
The Cerebral Cortex
This brain imaging technique This brain imaging technique shows us the structure not the shows us the structure not the
functionfunction
a. A PET Scan
b. f MRI
c. CAT scan
d. EEG
CAT Scan
This part of the brain is This part of the brain is associated with memories associated with memories
regarding smell and also helps us regarding smell and also helps us respond with appropriate respond with appropriate
emotions regarding fear and emotions regarding fear and aggressionaggression
a. The limbic system
b. The hippocampus
c. The amygdala
d. The hypothalamus
The Amygdala
This is also called the little This is also called the little police man of the brain, police man of the brain,
sending sensory input where it sending sensory input where it needs to go.needs to go.
a. The Thalamus
b. The hypothalamus
c. The Reticular Formation
d. The sensory cortex
The sensory cortex
This “emotional center” is This “emotional center” is larger in women than in menlarger in women than in men
a. The endocrine system
b. The limbic system
c. The hypothalamus
d. The hippocampus
The Limbic System
This “Little Brain” is involved This “Little Brain” is involved in coordinating movement and in coordinating movement and
one of the first areas of the one of the first areas of the brain affected by alcohol.brain affected by alcohol.
a. The cerebrum
b. The frontal lobe
c. The cerebellum
d. The prefrontal lobe
The Cerebellum
By lesioning this area of the By lesioning this area of the brain you could get a cat to brain you could get a cat to
starve itself to death. starve itself to death.
a. The hippocampus
b. The limbic system
c. The hypothalamus
d. The thalamus
The Hypothalamus
These lobes are associated These lobes are associated with judgment and reasoning with judgment and reasoning skills as well as goal oriented skills as well as goal oriented
behaviorbehavior
a. Parietal Lobes
b. Temporal Lobes
c. Occipital Lobes
d. Frontal Lobes
The Frontal Lobes
This occupies the largest This occupies the largest amount of space on our amount of space on our
Sensorimotor CortexSensorimotor Cortex
a. The ankle
b. The face
c. The hand
d. The toes
The Face
These lobes are concerned These lobes are concerned with receiving visual inputwith receiving visual input
a. Frontal lobes
b. The occipital lobes
c. The parietal lobes
d. The temporal lobes
The Occipital Lobes
This lobe is considered the This lobe is considered the emotional lobe and houses emotional lobe and houses
the sensory cortex.the sensory cortex.
a. The occipital lobes
b. The parietal lobes
c. The temporal lobes
d. The Frontal Lobes
The Parietal Lobes
This structure encodes visual This structure encodes visual information and recodes it so information and recodes it so that it can be processed by that it can be processed by
Wernicke’s Area for Wernicke’s Area for comprehension:comprehension:
a. Broca’s Area
b. Angular Gyrus
c. Occipital Region
d. Cingulate Gyrate
Angular Gyrus
The information from all the The information from all the different lobes is put together different lobes is put together
into something that makes into something that makes sense by this (these)sense by this (these)
a. Association areas
b. Neural pathways
c. Axon terminals
d. Dendrites
The Association Areas
This language region is in This language region is in charge of language charge of language
comprehensioncomprehension
a. Wernicke’s Area
b. Broca’s Area
c. Pavlov’s Area
d. Skinner’s Box
A. Wernicke’s Area
When a person speaks or When a person speaks or calculates this hemisphere calculates this hemisphere lights up on PET scans. lights up on PET scans.
a. Right Hemisphere
b. Left Hemisphere
c. North Hemisphere
d. South Hemisphere
B. Left Hemisphere
This controls heartbeat and This controls heartbeat and breathingbreathing
The Cerebellum
a. Thalamus
b. The Medulla Oblongata
c. The Pituitary Gland
The Medulla Oblongata
This is said to be the memory This is said to be the memory “center” of our brain. “center” of our brain.
a. The hypothalamus
b. The Amygdala
c. The hippocampus
d. The Thalamus
The Hippocampus
These glands are located These glands are located above the kidneys and above the kidneys and
secrete norepinephine and secrete norepinephine and adrenaline. adrenaline.
a. The testes
b. The ovaries
c. The mammaries
d. The adrenal glands
The Adrenal Glands
This is the impairment of This is the impairment of language. language.
a. A stroke
b. Aphasia
c. Amnesia
d. aplasia
Aphasia
Central nervous system Central nervous system neurons that intervene directly neurons that intervene directly
between the sensory inputs between the sensory inputs and motor inputs. and motor inputs.
a. Connector Neurons
b. Communicator Neurons
c. Interneurons
d. System Bypass Neurons
Interneurons
This is the endocrine system’s This is the endocrine system’s most important gland. Some most important gland. Some might even call it the “master might even call it the “master
gland.”gland.”
a. The Hypothalamus
b. The pituitary gland
c. The endocrine gland
d. The hypocampus Gland
The Pituitary Gland
This nervous system calms us This nervous system calms us down after our body has been down after our body has been “activated” by the fight or flight “activated” by the fight or flight
response. response.
a. Autonomic Nervous System
b. Parasympathetic Nervous System
c. The Skeletal Nervous System
d. Sympathetic Nervous System
The Parasympathetic Nervous System
This body movement is not This body movement is not processed through the processed through the
sensorimotor cortexsensorimotor cortex
a. A knee jerk
b. Throwing a baseball
c. Slapping someone
d. Taking a bite our of the “gum brain”
A Knee Jerk (Reflex)
Complete this chartComplete this chart
The Nervous System
Peripheral Central
Skeletal
a. Autonomic
b. Parasympathetic
c. Sympathetic
d. Antisympathetic
Autonomic
The part of the neuron that The part of the neuron that transmits the action potential transmits the action potential
a. Synapse
b. Association areas
c. dendrite
d. axon
Axon
Phineas Gage’s personality Phineas Gage’s personality dramatically changed after he dramatically changed after he suffered damage to this lobe. suffered damage to this lobe.
a. Frontal
b. Temporal
c. Occipital
d. Parietal
Frontal Lobe
If you lay one of these out it If you lay one of these out it would be the size of a would be the size of a
newspaper. (In humans that is.)newspaper. (In humans that is.)
a. Cerebellum
b. Cerebrum
c. Cerebral Cortex
d. Left Hemisphere
Cerebral Cortex