Major landmarks
This region of the brain is located above the eyes and is responsible for coordinating voluntary movements, speech, and expressing higher cognitive skills such as problem solving.
What is the frontal lobe?
Signals detected by an electroencephalogram (EEG) are called ______ ______
What are brain waves?
Name one of the inner ear bones.
What is a malleus, incus, stapes?
The area within the temporal lobe is responsible for regulating emotions.
What is the amygdala?
What are the three parts of a neuron that are possessed in every type of neuron?
Dendrites, cell body (soma), and an axon.
The sense of taste is called _______ and sense of smell ________
What is gustation and olfaction?
These three areas of the brain are considered to make up the brain stem.
What is medulla (medulla oblongata), pons, and midbrain?
I. ____ neurons make neurotransmitters that depolarize dendrite’s membrane. ______ neurons make neurotransmitters that hyperpolarize dendrite’s membrane.
II. ______ is the most common excitatory neurotransmitter. _____ is the most common inhibitory neurotransmitter.
1. What is excitatory and inhibitory?
2. What is Glutamate and GABA?
I. Describe endorphins
II. What are the receptors that respond to tissue damage called?
I. Endorphins are natural opioid neuropeptides that block the perception of pain (relieve pain)
II. Nociceptors
1. What structure is missing from the limbic system? cerebral cortex, thalamus, ______, hippocampus, and the amygdala.
2. This region of the brain is responsible for coordinating eye movements such as blinking and focusing.
1. What is the amygdala?
2. What is the midbrain?
This type of glial cell is coined as an "immune cell" as they are responsible for eliminating microbes and dead cells.
What is microglia?
I. The center of the retina is referred to as the ______
II. Rods allow you to see______. Cones allow you to see ______.
I. What is the fovea?
II. In dim light, color and fine detail
A patient is showing symptoms of tremors and rigidity. After doing a DaT Scan, they are diagnosed with Parkinson's disease. What does the scan show, and in what brain area?
A loss of dopaminergic neurons in the substantia nigra
1. _____ waves are associated with being awake and relaxed. The waves range from ___to __ Hz.
2. _____ waves are produced during deep sleep. The waves range from ___to __ Hz.
1. Alpha, 8 to 13 Hz
2. Beta, under 3.5 Hz
I. Touch information travels fast through ____ fibers, which have ____ and ______ axons.
II. Touch information will travel slow through _____ fibers, which have ____ and _____ axons.
(think about myelination, and the thickness of these axons!)
A-beta, thick, myelinated
C, thin, unmyelinated