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?
The shape of the cochlea of the inner-ear.
What is a snail-shell-shape?
The area within the temporal lobe is responsible for regulating emotions.
What is the amygdala?
What are the 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. 80 percent of neurons are _______ and 20 percent of neurons are _________.
II. The most common neuron for the 80 percent is _______. The most common neuron for the 20 percent is _______.
1. What is excitatory and inhibitory?
2. What is Glutamate and GABA?
I. Describe endorphins
II. Endorphins are analogous to _____
I. Endorphins are natural opioid neuropeptides that block the perception of pain.
II. Analgesic morphine
1. These structures make up the forebrain. (Hint: 5 main parts)
2. This region of the brain is responsible for coordinating eye movements such as blinking and focusing.
1. What is the cerebral cortex, thalamus, hypothalamus, hippocampus, and the amygdala. (limbic system)?
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. The retina is home to three types of neurons.
I. What is the fovea?
II. Photoreceptors, interneurons, and ganglion cells
Patient Y experiences a jerky gait and is unable to accurately touch her nose with her finger. Which area of the brain is the likely cause of Patient Y's symptoms.
What is cerebellar damage?
1. _____ waves originate from the _______ and _______ lobes.
2. _____ waves are produced in the ______ and ______ lobes
(Order varies)
1. Alpha, parietal, and occipital
2. Beta, parietal, and frontal
(Order varies)
The three cranial nerves (discussed in Chapter 2)
What is the glossopharyngeal nerve, vagus nerve, and facial nerve.