Cranium
This lobe controls thinking, planning, organizing, problem-solving, short-term memory, and movement.
What is another name for a nerve cell?
Neuron
The space between a dendrite and an axon is called _____.
Synapse
Explain Voluntary
Have a choice, in control.
Alzheimer's disease is curable.
False
This lobe interpret sensory information, such as taste, temperature, and touch.
Dendrites
Conduct impulses toward the cell. A nerve cell may have several.
The ____ main purpose is to protect the spinal cord.
Vertebrae
Explain Involuntary
Automatic, No Control.
Alzheimer's disease only causes impaired memory.
False, causes impaired memory, thinking, and behavior.
This lobe process images from your eyes and link that information with images stored in memory.
Occipital Lobe
Conduct impulses away from the cell. Every nerve cell only has one.
Axon
The _____ oblongata is the part of the brain stem that connects with the spinal cord.
Explain Autism Spectrum Disorder.
Characterized by challenges with social skills, repetitive behaviors, speech, and nonverbal communication.
The layers of tough membranes that cover and protect the brain and spine is called vertebrae.
False, meninges
Function: Cerebellum
Responsible for coordination of muscle movements, balance and posture, and muscle tone.
Special chemicals that pass the message from cell to cell.
The ____ _____ regulates heartbeat and respiration.
Explain a Cerebrovascular Accident.
Is known as a stroke. It occurs when there is a loss of blood flow, and in turn oxygen, to the brain.
True
Function: Brain Stem
Conducts impulses between the brain parts and for certain eye and auditory reflexes.
A fatty tissue covering an axon that protects it and speeds up the impulse.
The _____ _____ prepares the body for action in an emergency.
Sympathetic System
Explain Multiple Sclerosis.
Disease of the CNS where the myelin sheath is slowly destroyed which results in progressive loss of muscle control.
Associative interneurons do not carry messages between other types of neurons.
False