Vision
Senses
Movement
Sleep
Internal Regulation
100
This is the reason for our "blind spot".
What is optic nerve?
100
We have the most amount of which taste receptor?
What is bitter?
100
This protects muscles from over exertion.
What is golgi tendon organ?
100
This stage of sleep features sleep spindles and K complexes.
What is Stage 2?
100
This kind of thirst occurs when you eat salty food
What is osmotic thirst?
200
This area of the retina is responsible for clear, crisp, color vision.
What is fovea?
200
This sensory system doesn't go through the thalamus.
What is olfactory (smell)?
200
This is how your body determines its location in space.
What is proprioception?
200
This stage of sleep features relaxed muscles and high brain activity.
What is REM / paradoxical?
200
This type of thirst occurs when you lose fluid / blood.
What is hypovolemic thirst?
300
This is where the visual information crosses over to the contralateral side of the brain.
What is optic chiasm?
300
This theory takes into account how touch can affect pain perception.
What is gate control theory?
300
This is the tract of the spinal cord that controls peripheral movement such as from your hand or feet.
What is lateral / pyramidal tract?
300
This hypothesis states that we dream because our cortex is un-inhibited.
What is Cortico-Anatomical hypothesis?
300
This hormone brings glucose into cells for storage.
What is Insulin?
400
This process allows us to see edges.
What is lateral inhibition?
400
Pain information crosses over to the contralateral side at which point?
What is spinal cord?
400
This movement disorder results from dopamine cell death.
What is Parkinson's?
400
This brain region controls the biological clock
What is Suprachiasmatic Nucleus? (SCN)
400
This occurs when you eat something, get sick from it, and then can't bear to see it/eat it again.
What is Conditioned Taste Aversion?
500
This theory of vision takes into account the activity of bipolar cells.
What is opponent process theory?
500
This theory of hearing states that each segment of the cochlea responds to unique frequencies.
What is frequency theory?
500
The cops pull you over for drunk driving (shame!). They do a finger to nose test as well as a "tightrope walk" to test which brain region?
What is cerebellum?
500
Which neurotransmitter keeps you awake / maintains wakefulness?
What is orexin?
500
Which hormone is released due to low sodium?
What is Aldosterone?
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