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
connects the two hemispheres of the brain
What is the corpus callosum
200
the function of the dendrite
What is receive messages from other neurons
200
Encephalin
what is "in the head"?
300
brain plasticity
What is the ability to modify neural connections to better cope with new circumstances
300
parts of hind brain
What is pons and medulla oblongata, cerebellum
300

Neurons that bridge sensory and motor neurons

What is interneurons

300

breaks down acetylcholine

What is acetylcholinesterase

400
two main types of cells in the nervous system
What are glia and neurons
400
Two parts of the nervous system and function
What is Central nervous system (CNS): brain and spinal cord o Brain protected by skull o Spinal cord: 17 inches protected by vertebral column Peripheral Nervous System (PNS): nerves and ganglia (concentrations of gray matter)
400
how do signals move down an axon
action potential (description would be nice)
400
first neurotransmitter identified
What is Acetylcholine
500

The decade of the brain?

What is the 90's

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
what kinds of cells make up the myelin sheath (cns and pns)
What is are oligodendrocytes (brain), schwann (pns)
500
name three neurotransmitters and their function
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