I am a Neuron
I am considered the building block of the nervous system.
Neuron
What is the role of the parasympathetic nervous system?
Calm the body down after an emergency.
What relays sensory information and regulates consciousness?
Thalamus
i Speech functions generally occur in which hemisphere of the brain?
Left
I am an x-ray photography unit that rotates around a patient creating images that are combined by a computer to produce a 3D image of a brain.
CAT
I inhibit or excite a neural signal across the synapse.
Neurotransmitter
What is the function of the sympathetic nervous system?
Fight or flight response.
What part of the hindbrain regulates vital functions?
Medulla
Which lobe contains the primary visual cortex?
occipital
I give the most detailed image of a brain.
MRI
I am the ions whose movement creates the action potential.
Sodium & potassium
In the knee-jerk reflex, the sensory neurons involve the synapse directly related with what structure?
Where does active decision making occur?
Cerebral cortex
Which lobe contains the primary auditory complex?
Temporal
I am the term for the changeability of the brain.
Plasticity
I am the law that refers to the firing of a neuron.
All-or-none law
What are the two main divisions of the nervous system and their functions?
Central and peripheral
What sense information does the thalamus not process and what is the proper name for this sense?
olfacation
Damage to which lobe may result in not being able to maintain goal-directed behavior?
Frontal
I am the process that uses electrodes on the scalp to measure brain functioning.
EEG
I am a tiny sac in the a in terminal that contains my neuron’s neurotransmitters.
Synaptic vesicle
What are all of the divisions within the Peripheral nervous system and their roles?
autonomic and somatic
What brain system screens out ordinary noises during sleep?
Reticular activating system
Parietal & skin senses
For what does PET stand and what do PET scans actually measure?
Position Emission Tomography & radioactive sugar molecules.