Name that structure
The larger swelling above the medulla that connects the top of the brain to the bottom and that plays a part in sleep, dreaming, left-right body coordination and arousal
What is the Pons
The number of lobes that the brain has
What is four
The fatty substance surrounding the axon is known as
What is the Myelin Sheath
The central nervous system is made up of the following organs.
What are the brain and the spinal cord.
A person who has the same mannerisms from their mother might attribute the cause to
What is nature
Damage to the hippocampus is most likely to impair:
a. memory
b. balance
c. sleep
d. breathing
What is A
The lobe located closest to your ears responsible for hearing.
Neuron that brings information from the body to the brain
What is the motor neuron
The system that is charge of the rest of the body such as your hands, feet, digestion.
What is the peripheral nervous system
A widow's peak is an example of a
What is a recessive trait
The structure that allows you to ignore the hum occurring from the Air Conditioner.
What is the Reticular Formation
Christine is suffering vision loss. Her eyes are fine. She is suffering damage to the following lobe.
What is the occipital lobe.
What do we call part of the neuron that is surrounded with the fatty like tissue that helps to relay neural messages in the neuron
What is the axon
The autonomic nervous system is in charge of these functions of the body
What are processes such as breathing, heart rate, digestion, pupil dilation
Someone who is scared of birds most likely had a bad past experience with them. This experience of fear is stored in the
What is the amygdala
A person who is drunk may have difficulty walking in a straight line because the alcohol
has impacted the following structure of the brain
What is the cerebellum
The lobe responsible for how you sit, the temperature in the room, and when you feel pain.
What is the parietal lobe.
When the action potential reaches the end of the axon terminal, it causes the release of
What are positively charged ions that excite the next cells
The primary function of the somatic nervous system
What is carries sensory information and controls movement of the skeletal muscles
You are in a haunted house. It's dark and silent. As you walk through you hear a loud shriek. You immediately jump as if you're about to run. This is most likely due to what neuron and process.
What is the interneuron and reflex arc
A person is able to read words on the right side of a page, identify and write them down. When they view words on the left side of the page they say they see nothing but can draw them. This is due to damage of the following structure.
What is the corpus callosum
After a car accident, Rhodri had a lot of difficulty planning his day. This is most likely because he damaged the following lobe.
What is the frontal lobe
What is when the neuron is at rest and is not stimulated or in the process of relaying other information to the cell. During this time, sodium ions are outside of the cell.
Nyla's heart rate and breathing has increased, her pupils have dilated, her blood has flowed to her muscles, and her digestion has slowed. It is likely due to the fact that the _____ division of the nervous system has kicked on.
What is the sympathetic
A person has a stroke, and cannot move the right side of their body. Their brain damage most likely occurred on the
What is the left side