Parts of the Brain
Name this Lobe
Neurons
Monitoring the Brain
Nervous System
100
Name the part of the brain that is important for the function of memories
What is hippocampus?
100
Works in visual processing
What is the occipital lobe?
100
Name the part of the neuron that receives signals and information from other neurons
What is dendrites?
100
Type of device used when recording electrodes attached to the scalp to measure brain waves
What is EEG?
100
Two parts of the central nervous system
What is brain and spinal cord?
200
Name the part of the brain that controls heart rate, breathing, and blood pressure
What is the medulla?
200
Involved with the different senses
What is the parietal lobe?
200
The correct order of how energy travels down a neuron using the words - dendrites, terminal button, axon, and soma
What is dendrites, soma, axon, terminal button
200
Most advanced device used to monitor the brain
What is fMRI?
200
The parasympathetic nervous system's main function
What is calming the body down after emergency has passed?
300
Name the part of the brain that is linked to motivational and emotional behaviors like fear and aggression
What is amygdala?
300
Receive auditory information from the ears
What is the temporal lobe?
300
The small gap between cells, typically between the terminal buttons of one neuron and the dendrite of another
What is synapse?
300
If damaged, this area will result in a loss of the ability to speak even though someone may be able to comprehend what is being said
What is Broca's area?
300
Two parts of the peripheral nervous system
What is autonomic and somatic?
400
Name the part of the brain that plays a role in the regulation of motivational activities like eating and drinking
What is hypothalamus?
400
Contains the motor cortex and involved in higher-level thought processes
What is the frontal lobe?
400
Chemical messengers that relay information from one neuron to the next
What are neurotransmitters?
400
Activating the brain is done when most patients are - conscious or unconscious
What is conscious?
400
What system controls the more automatic needs of the body, such as heart rate and digestion
What is autonomic system?
500
Name the part of the brain that acts as the basic life support system for the body
What is hindbrain?
500
Name the connective tissue between the two hemispheres of the brain.
What is the corpus callosum?
500
The tiny electrical charge in place between the inside and the outside of the resting neuron
What is resting potential?
500
Device used most often to detect tumors or injuries to the brain
What is CT scan?
500
Afferent and efferent nerve pathways each carry out what type of messages to muscles and glands?
What is sensory and motor messages?
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