The Brain
Electronic Scans
The Nervous System
The Senses
Random
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How many nerve cells are located in the cranial cavity
86 billion
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A CT scan that
Takes x-ray photographs of the brain, computer creates 3D image
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A complex network of nerves and cells that carry messages to and from the brain and spinal cord to various parts of the body
The nervous system
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sound travels in.....
waves
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Organ which controls all other body systems and organs
The brain
200
which side of the brain holds logic and is helpful in mathematics?
left side
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A PET scan is
Shows brain’s activity by tracing radioactive glucose. High radioactivity = greater brain activity
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basic unit of the nervous system
neurons
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Molecules and receptors come together at the
Glomerulus
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An awareness of the self, including things inside and outside the self.
Consciousness
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which side of the brain is helpful with creativity and imagination?
right side
300
MRI scan is
Takes a detailed picture of the brain’s soft tissue by aligning spinning atoms in a strong magnetic field
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Neuron consists of 3 basic parts
Dendrites
cell body
axon
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Hair cells generate
nerve impulses
300
Two Basic Divisions
Objective Conscious
Subjective Conscious
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occidental lobe is responsible for
visual processing
400
fmri scan is
Images the blood flow to the part of the brain being used
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Some neurons are covered in a fatty sheath called
myelin sheath
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Four defined degrees of hearing loss
Mild
Moderate
Severe
Profound
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Dr. Roger Sperry worked with
epileptics
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temporal lobe is responsible for
memory and emotions
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what type of scan is this?
PET
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what get the body ready for action
sympathetic nervous system
500
Olfaction and taste are both forms of
chemoreception
500
A man who survived a an explosion where a rod went through his head.
Phineas Gage