Cellular and tissue level
This is the general term for cells that provide nourishment and protection.
What are glial cells?
This lobe houses vision processing mechanisms.
What is the occipital lobe?
This is a disturbance of language affecting speech production, comprehension, reading or writing, due to brain injury.
What is aphasia?
This is the general term for the blood supply to the brain.
What is Circle of Willis?
These cells contribute to myelination in the CNS.
What are Oligodendroglia cells?
This region directs several maintenance activities such as eating, drinking, and maintaining body temperature.
What is the hypothalamus?
This lobe is located behind the forehead and its primary function is speaking and controlling muscle movements. It also is involved in making plans and judgments.
What is the frontal lobe?
This protective tissue consists of dura, arachnoid, and pia membranes.
What are meninges?
While not part of the limbic system, this region influences the release of hormones by other structures and is controlled by another part of the limbic system.
What is the pituitary gland?
This lobe contains the somatosensory cortex.
What is the parietal lobe?
If this area is injured, people can create grammatically correct sentences, but they still do not make sense because they use inappropriate or nonexistent words.
What is Wernicke's Area?
A neuron has many of these, which act as antennae to pick up signals. In the process of habituation, there are fewer of them.
What are dendrites?
Without this region of the brain, one will be unable to form new memories.
What is hippocampus?
Damage to this area inhibits the ability to formulate new sentences and speech, but does not hinder one's ability to repeat familiar songs and phrases.
What is Brocha's area?
This is the brain's ability to modify itself after some types of damage.
What is brain plasticity, or neuroplasticity?
These cells in the peripheral system aid in myelination
What are Schwann cells?
If this part of the brain is injured, a person may not be able to determine if they are hungry or thirsty.
What is the hypothalamus?
Both of these structures are located towards the back of the brain. The first structure receives sensory input from touch and body position and the second interprets optical impulses from the retinas. (Must get both parts of question in proper order to receive points).
What are the parietal lobe and the occipital lobe.
This is located in the temporal lobe of the cerebral cortex, and helps the brain to comprehend speech.
What is Wernicke's area?
This flows within and around the brain and spinal cord to help cushion it from injury.
What is cerebrospinal fluid?