Intro to Neuroscience
Anatomy of Brain and Nervous System
Neuron
Neurotransmitters
100
The study of the brain and nervous system
What is neuroscience?
100
four lobes of the brain
What are the Frontal Lobe, Parietal Lobe, Occipital Lobe, Temporal Lobe
100
parts of a neuron
What are cell body, dendrite, an axon
100
Building blocks of proteins
What are amino acids
200
The average weight of an adult brain
What is 3 lbs.
200

Largest part of the brain 

What is the cerebrum

200

the function of the dendrite

What is receive messages from other neurons

200

neurotransmitters

what are chemical messengers that transmit signals across a synapse from one neuron to another

300
brain plasticity
What is the ability to modify neural connections to better cope with new circumstances
300

Function of hippocampus

What is involved in memory formation and spatial navigation

300

three main parts of a neuron

what is the cell body, dendrites, and axon

300

neurotransmitter linked to the reward system and addiction?

What is dopamine

400
two main types of cells in the nervous system
What are glia and neurons
400

connects the two hemispheres of the brain

What is the corpus callosum

400

name of the insulating layer around many axons

What is the myelin sheath

400
Which neurotransmitter is commonly associated with mood and depression?

What is Serotonin

500

This part of the brain controls basic functions like breathing, heart rate, and sleep.

What is the brainstem?

500
Roles of each of the lobes
What is ... Frontal Lobe • Initiating and coordinating motor movement, higher cognitive skills, problem solving, thinking, planning, organizing, personality, emotion Parietal Lobe • Sensory processes, attention, language • Damage to left side: diminished understanding of written/spoken language • Damage to right side: difficulty in navigating spaces Occipital Lobe • Process visual information including recognition of shape and color Temporal Lobe • Process auditory information and integrated info with other senses • Plays role in short term memory through the hippocampal formation and the learned emotion responses of the amygdala
500

how signals move down an axon

What is action potential

500

first neurotransmitter identified

what is acetylcholine

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