The midbrain, pons, and medulla make up this part of the brain.
What is the brainstem?
200
Pumps the CSF around the brain.
What are ventricles?
200
Houses the visual cortex.
What is the occipital lobe?
200
The electrical signal that flows from dendrite to soma to axon to axon terminal.
What is the action potential?
200
It keeps out harful toxins.
What are the functions of the BBB?
200
The part of the brain the controls movement. The left hemisphere controls the right side of the body and the right hemisphere controls the left side of the body.
What is the motor cortex?
300
One way gates that let CSF flow out of the brain.
What are arachnoid villi?
300
The speach center of the brain.
What is Broca's area?
300
They speeds up the signal transduction of a neuron.
What are myelin sheaths?
300
The layer of the meninges closes to the brain.
What is pia mater?
300
The site of language perception.
What is Wernicke's area?
400
The CSF pressure must be grater than the blood pressure for this to happen.
When will CSF flow out of the brain?
400
The site of communication between the two hemispheres.
What is the corpus callosum?
400
The chemical signal that travels across the synapse.
What are neurotransmitters?
400
The middle cobwebby layer of the meninges.
What is arachnoid membrane?
400
The judgement center of the brain. It is not fully developed until around the age of 25.
What is the prefrontal cortex?
500
Protects the brain, reduces pressure on the brain, gets rid of waste, and moves hormones around.
What are the functions of the CSF?
500
The source of our desires and cravings.
What is the insula?
500
It produces the myelin sheath in the Central Nervous System. It can surround multiple axons.
What are oligodendrites?
500
The cells that surround capillaries.
What are pericytes?
500
Provides the feeling of sensation. Some areas are larger based on how much attention is given to that area of the body.