Brain Bits...
Protection!
Do the Limbic
Brain Stem! Brain Stem!
Man...this is a sulci day.
100
What are the 4 parts of the brain?
Cerebrum, Cerebellum, Brain Stem, Diencephalon
100
List the three meninges in order:
What is dura mater, arachnoid mater, and pia mater.
100
What structure controls memory in the brain?
What is the hippocampus.
100
What is the difference between neurons and neuroglia?
Neurons transmit impulses, and neuroglia do not. They are there for structure.
100
Gaps between neurons are called ______________ and the axon terminals release chemicals called _____________________.
What is synapses, and neurotransmitters.
200
List the 4 lobes of the cerebrum...
What are the frontal, parietal, occipital and temporal lobes.
200
What does CSF stand for?
What is cerebrospinal fluid.
200
What structure in the brain controls fear, agression and violence?
What is the amygdala.
200
List the four types of neuroglial cells found in the CNS:
What is ependymal, oligodendrocytes, microglia, astrocytes.
200
List the three types of nerves...
What is sensory, motor, mixed.
300
What makes up the CNS (Central Nervous System)?
What is brain and spinal cord.
300
What is myelin?
What is a fatty insulation surrounding neurons.
300
Name 4 major parts of a neuron:
What is cell body, dendrites, axon, axon terminals.
300
List the two types of neuroglial cells in the PNS:
What is satellite cells and schwann cells.
300
What are the grooves (up) and the valleys (down) called in the cerebrum.
What is gyri and sulci.
400
List the three parts of the diencephalon:
What is the hypothalamus, thalamus, and the epithalamus.
400
What is the difference between white matter and gray matter?
What is white matter is myelinated and gray matter is unmyelinated.
400
What does MRI stand for?
What is magnetic resonance imaging.
400
When some one has chronic/reoccurring seizures they have a condition called __________.
What is epilepsy.
400
Explain the two divisions of the autonomic nervous system: Sympathetic and Parasympathetic
What is sympathetic is the fight or flight response and the parasympathetic is involuntary actions involved with resting and digesting.
500
List the three parts of the brain stem:
What is the midbrain, pons, and the medulla oblongata.
500
List the three basic functions of the nervous system:
What is sensory input, integration, motor output.
500
What is the condition called where you lose your memory due to injury?
What is amnesia.
500
What structure connects the two cerebral hemispheres?
What is the corpus collusum.
500
Fluid filled cavities in the brain are called:
What is ventricles.
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