The Brain
___ is the core of the nervous system.
What is the brain?
__ connects the brain and the peripheral nervous system.
What is the spinal cord?
Define the somatic nervous system.
What is "the nerves that control the voluntary muscles of the body"?
___ is the ability to constantly change both the structure and function of many cells in the brain in response to trauma or experience.
What is neuroplasticity?
The ___ connects the brain to the spinal cord.
What is the brain stem?
These types of neurons carry messages from the senses to the spinal cord.
What are afferent or sensory neurons?
_____ ____ and ___ ____ make up the somatic nervous system.
What is "sensory pathways" and "motor pathways"?
Name the four lobes of the brain.
What are the frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal lobes?
The part of the brain controls and coordinates involuntary, rapid and fine motor movement
These other types of neurons carry messages from the spinal cord to the muscles and glands.
What are efferent or motor neurons?
What is the autonomic nervous system?
The process where information from our body can be transmitted to both sides of the brain.
What is bilateral organization?
Sarah is walking down a dark alley. To prank her, one of her friends jumps out from behind a trash can and yells "Boo!" Sarah screams and runs as fast as her legs will carry her. This is the part of the brain being used in this scenario...
What is the amygdala?
Justin gets up in the middle of the night to use the bathroom and is too lazy to turn on the light. As he is walking through his room that he shares with his little brother, he steps on a lego and winces in pain. This neuron will send a message directly to the spinal cord.
What is the afferent neuron?
Parasympathetic or Sympathetic: You're walking down the street. Someone pulls a gun out and points it at you. You want to run but can't.
What is sympathetic (fight-or-flight)?
A football player takes a hard hit to the head and has to be attended to by his trainer. While the trainer is talking to him, he looks very confused and does not understand what she is saying. This part of the brain was affected when he got hit.
What is Wernicke's area?
Sally's grandmother had a stroke and is in the hospital. Sally and her family go to visit her. While they are talking to her, they can't understand her because she is slurring her words. She can't even get a full sentence out because this specific part of the brain was affected...
What is the Broca's area?
A recent mother of two babies under two years old is preoccupied with changing her newborn's diaper. Her one year old is being adventurous and begins crawling up their wooden steps. The baby sits up on the step and falls back, bumping his head and crying out in pain. This type of neuron received the message of pain and caused response of crying.
What is the interneuron?
Parasympathetic or Sympathetic: Christine has been staying up all night for the past 2 days in order to prepare for her Chemistry exam. She feels very stressed and anxious, her heart rate and blood pressure increased. After she takes her exam, she feels great relief but her body is tired so she goes straight to her dorm and crashes.
John's ability to pick up and throw his book is largely due to the functions of the ____ pathway of the ____ nervous system.
What is "motor" and "somatic"?