Overview/Introduction
We have a quadrillion of these.
What are neuronal connections?
This structure is selectively permeable and controls the composition of substances inside and outside of neurons
What is the Blood-Brain Barrier?
Cerebrospinal fluid is made in each of these.
What are ventricles?
This area regulates production of speech.
What is Broca's area?
Sensory afferent, Motor efferent
What is the mnemonic SAME?
Physiological psychology, biological psychology, biopsychology, psychobiology
What are analogous terms for behavioral neuroscience?
This type of neuron connects sensory and motor neurons in the Central Nervous System.
What are interneurons?
The bulges of the cerebral cotex.
What are gyri?
This region analyzes and integrates information from the primary association areas.
What are sensory association areas?
Cervical, thoracic, lumbar, sacral, coccygeal
What are the divisions of the spinal column?
This scientist earned a Noble Prize in 1906 for using a Golgi stain to describe individual neurons and noting the six layers of the cortex.
Who is Santiago Ramon y Cajal?
The junction between terminal buttons of the presynaptic neuron and soma or dendrite of a postsynaptic neuron.
What is a synapse?
This plane runs perpendicular to the neuraxis, like cutting a loaf of bread.
What is the transverse plane?
This structure regulates the cardiovascular system, respirations, and skeletal muscle.
What is the medulla oblongata?
This root has its nerve cell bodies located in the spinal gray matter.
What is the ventral root?
Tool use, color vision, fire, upright posture, language
What are the characteristics that make up a large brain?
What is an oligodendrocyte?
The layer of the meninges that is closest to the skull.
What is the dura mater?
This structure attaches the cerebellum to the pons.
What are cerebellar peduncles?
This cranial nerve is widely studied in neuroscience due to its mixed fibers within the internal organs.
What is the Vagus nerve?
Our brain's ability to refine connections as we age.
What is neuroplasticity?
This structure is composed of actin filaments, intermediate filaments, and microtubules.
What is the cytoskeleton?
The anatomical direction of this lobe is ventral.
What is the temporal lobe?
This thalamic nuclei relays information from the basal ganglia and cerebellum to the primary motor cortex.
What is the ventroanterior/ventrolateral nucleus?
This division releases adrenaline at the preganglionic cell and norepinephrine at the postganglionic cell.
What is the Sympathetic Division of the ANS?