Heredity and Genes
If you share 50% of DNA you are _____ twins
Fraternal Twins
What is neuroplasticity?
When brains build new pathways as they adjust to little mishaps and new experiences.
Are cones colorful or black and white?
Cones are colorful
What does the hammer do in the ear?
Transmits sound vibrations to the eardrum.
We store and retrieve, process emotion, understand language, and use our senses from this lobe
Temporal Lobe
Who carries the y chromosome?
What is a lesion?
Any area of abnormal or damaged tissue anywhere in or on the body.
Are rods colorful or black and white?
Rods are black and white
Which part of the ear gets damaged from loud sounds
The inner ear
Some functions of this lobe consists of reasoning, social understanding, and voluntary movements.
Frontal Lobe
If you share 100% of DNA you are ______ twins
Identical twins
What is an EEG
A readout of the billions of neurons sweeping in waves over your brain.
What controls the pupil size?
The iris.
How come some people go deaf?
The cell hairs on the cochlea not working properly
The ______ lobe helps you understand your sense of touch and learn complex movements.
Pareital Lobe
You get these three things from who? Eye conditions, Physical features, and sleeping patterns.
Your mom
What is an MEG
Measures magnetic fields from the brains natural electrical activity.
What does wavelength determine? What does wave height determine?
Wavelengths determine hue (color). Wave height determines intensity.
What are the three fluid filled loops responsible for balance?
Semicircular canals
Which lobe do you see from?
Occipital lobe
Who do you share more DNA with your full parents of Full siblings?
Both
What is a CT scan?
X-ray photographs that can reveal brain damage.
When light hits your eye, what all does it pass through?
The light enters your eye through the cornea, then through the pupil, then it goes onto your retina.
The outer or visible part of the ear that collects sound waves are called ______?
Pinna or Auricle
Which lobe consists of parts of the Frontal, Pareital, and Temporal lobes?
Limbic lobe